We are representing the Eco Reps from Freegrounds Junior School Hotel Hotel
Our school was very excited to be able to take part in this competition as we love looking after our wildlife and our school grounds First we had a There were so many competition at school good entries It was too difficult to choose! Soooooo …………… Hotel Hotel
We put a lot of the best designs together and Amala came up with this! Hotel Hotel
Our bug hotel will provide habitats for many different creatures, some of which are rare or endangered, so it is especially important to give them a home. Wasp Earwigs Toads Beetles Lace wing Bumble bee Frogs Solitary bee Hedgehog Hoverfly Ladybird Hotel Hotel
Beetles are declining in numbers in our country. It is important to protect them because they are important for pollinating our crops and for eating insects that could be harmful to us. There are many different types of Earwigs usually live in damp, shady beetles that can be up to 8cm long. places such as under leaves or in fallen They hatch as larvae from eggs so trees. They particularly like to burrow beetles need somewhere to lay eggs up into their homes. and to hibernate over winter. They like to live on flowers, fruit, mould and other insects dead or alive. There are over 100 different species in Britain but they live all over the world and some of them are rare and endangered so we need to give them places to breed. They also eat garden pests.
Bumble bees are really important so we all have the food we need to eat. They pollinate a lot of our Most wasps like to build their crops. However they are nests above ground. To build a becoming rarer and are Solitary bees do not live in nest they like to fill a hole with dying in large numbers as colonies with other bees. chewed up wood pulp and their habitats are being They like to be alone. burrow behind it. destroyed. They make nests in early Wasps are useful to us It is important they have Spring and like to burrow although lots of people are somewhere to hibernate under something to do scared of them. They eat dead over the winter. They like this. insects and flies so are helpful any dark place to build a They feed on nectar from to gardeners. nest. flowers and plants and are Young queen wasps must have our best pollinators. a place to live over the winter There are over 200 to survive and start a new species but some are colony the next summer. already extinct.
Farmers love ladybirds because they eat aphids which affect plants and can stop them growing Hoverflies again help properly. One ladybird can keep pests under control Lacewings are useful eat 5,000 insects in it’s in our gardens. creatures because they lifetime. They need nests to lay eat all sorts of bugs that They are also harmless to eggs in in summer and like to eat our food people although their when the young hatch crops. colour means danger to they need somewhere They lay eggs on a thin their predators. to live during the winter. thread of mucus so it is Ladybirds like to hibernate They like deadwood and important this is in large groups in winter in leaves to nest in but also somewhere it doesn’t old logs and sticks. like holes to crawl into. get damaged. They also hibernate over the winter in warm, dry places.
Safe and damp is key for frogs and toads. A heap of leaves offers the perfect environment and toads love burrowing in the warm moisture of rotting leaves. Hedgehogs are getting rarer. There They love hiding under rocks and logs where it is are less than 1million now in the UK. damp so our bug home will be ideal. Their favourite foods are slugs and They will also find lots of food around our bug snails so they also help get rid of hotel like slugs, snails, insects and even mice! pests that eat plants in our gardens. If it is in near reach of a pond that is even better They also eat small mammals like but frogs and toads do not actually spend that mice. much of their time in ponds. Hedgehogs need somewhere to They are becoming rarer and certain species are hibernate and raise baby hoglets now protected by laws. They are an important safely. The tunnels will be ideal but food for other we need to make sure the entrance animals like snakes. doesn’t face into the wind so they stay cosy and stuff it with leaves.
Why is it important to look after these creatures?
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