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| Attracting Ladybirds, lacewings, bumblebees and butterflies, amongst others are all possible with the habitats in this section - provide for these beneficial insects in the garden with one of these natural wooden houses and you will be rewarded as they feed on problem garden aphids and pests. By using one insect to control another, you can achieve very effective results with aphid problems without using pesticides and with no danger to humans, pets or beneficial creatures. |
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Butterfly Habitat/Feeder |
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from £19.95
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This attractive Butterfly Habitat/Feeder combines a safe over wintering and interactive habitat with a central feed station - the perfect place for butterflies to hang out. The central feed sponge can be charged with a sugar/water solution to encourage colourful visitors butterflies to the feed station/habitat, who will use the house for roosting. Keep the butterflies in the rudest of health with the vitamin enhanced food, available separately. Measures 33cm H x 16cm W x 14cm D and weighs approx 700g. |
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Bee and Ladybird Box |
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£14.95
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Ladybirds and bees work hard in the garden, so it's only fair to reward them with a comfy place to live - and the Bee and Ladybird Box is all that and more! The box is made from cedar which is renowned for resisting rotting, damage from water and warping and siting it close to vegetation and ground cover will have the solitary bees and ladybirds making a 'beeline' for their new home! |
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Lacewing Chamber |
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£18.95
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Constructed from rotting, water damage and warp resistant cedar, this Lacewing Chamber provides a snug winter retreat for delicate but ravenous lacewings. Introducing the chamber can boost the lacewing winter survival rate by as much as 90%, and, refreshed after a safe winter's hibernation, they'll be munching away on garden pests such as aphids, red spider mite, thrips, whitefly and even caterpillar eggs come spring. |
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Cedar Hedgehog Habitat |
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£44.95
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Attract a new best friend to the garden with this durable Cedar Hedgehog Habitat. The waterproof and insulated roof will keep you slug-devouring buddy warm and dry throughout the harsh winter months, and he'll repay you come spring when he's hungry! Position the winter retreat with the entrance away prevailing winds and choose a sheltered, quiet part of the garden. Complete with an integral tunnel and large inspection lid for checking with minimal disturbance and hedgehogs can hibernate in comfort, protected by the predator proof entrance. |
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Pollinating Bee Log |
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£13.95
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Create the perfect environment for attracting mason bees - and other species of non-swarming, non-aggressive solitary bees - to the garden. The 30 nesting tubes are buried into the log, providing well insuated homes for the residents, all of which are excellent pollinators of fruit, vegetables and flowers. |
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Ladybird Log Tower |
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£10.95
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The Ladybird Log Tower will encourage the beneficial ladybirds into your garden - an adult ladybird may eat up to 5000 aphids during its lifetime - attracting ladybirds into the garden is a must for anyone with an aphid problem. |
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Bumblebee Nesting Box |
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£19.95
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The Bumblebee Nesting Box provides a habitat to preserve one of the most important pollinators the garden - the bumblebees -excellent pollinators of a wide variety of fruit, flowers and vegetables and are as useful to gardeners as mason bees. |
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Bug Box |
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from £13.95
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Provide a valuable habitat for ladybirds and solitary bees with this carefully designed double chamber bug box, it is ideal for hanging in a sheltered position in the garden. The holes may be used by solitary bees such as Mason Bees or Leafcutter Bees, which are excellent for pollinating in the garden and helping to increase fruit yields. |
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Solar Insect Theatre |
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£32.95
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The Insect Theatre has a unique solar lighting system which automatically lights up at dusk to attract the moths, lacewings, butterflies and other interesting flying insects to leave you with much to study when it turns off at dawn. Complete with side door to add material and to remove insects and several solitary Bee nesting holes. |
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Log Shaped Lacewing Chamber |
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from £15.95
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This Log Shaped Lacewing Chamber provides the ideal natural hibernating home for lacewings during the winter and dramatically boosting larvae numbers in the Spring. |
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Solitary Bee Nest Box |
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£22.95
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Help natural pollination of flowers, herbs, fruit and vegetables in the garden by providing nesting habitat with this quality solitary bee box. |
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Butterfly House/Habitat |
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£21.95
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Made from high quality timber/oak the house comes with removable wooden pins/ramps (for access and sun warming before flight). |
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Beneficial Insect Tower |
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£14.95
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A twin chamber, ground sited Insect habitat with lower open chamber to encourage colonies of beneficial insects with plant materials or attractants. |
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Terracotta Toad House |
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£14.95
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Hibernating toads will welcome a wonderful winter retreat and will more than pay you back in spring by devouring slugs, nocturnal insects and larvae. Introduce this attractive and unobtrusive Terracotta Toad House to a damp corner of the garden immediately and welcome your own pest control officer! |
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