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On the sign:
The Russell Square Insect Hotel
WILDLIFE NEEDS OUR HELP.....
To encourage biodiversity, this Insect Hotel provides a shelter for insects which are essential for pollination, pest control and providing food for animals like birds, frogs and hedgehogs
[Illustration of the insect hotel, with numbers indicating where each type is found]
KINDLY SPONSORED BY IMPERIAL LONDON HOTELS Working with The Russell Square Commissioners, Wildlife World and L.B. Camden
(1) BEES There are over 250 species of solitary bee in England. These bees are the ’friendly bees’. They don’t sting, and are superb pollinators. If bees are in residence in this Insect Hotel, you will see the tubes sealed with mud or a leaf that the mother bee has used as a front door, keeping the baby bees safe inside until they are emerge in he spring
(2) LACEWINGS Lacewings are carnivores and help keep garden pest numbers down. Both the larvae and adults also provide food for birds and bats. Lacewings like to shelter from predators and harsh weather by nestling into wood for safety. In winter they will use the Insect Hotel to tuck themselves in for the long winter hibernation.
(3) SPIDERS Garden spiders are harmless to humans. They build amazing orb-shaped webs out of sticky, strong silk to catch flying insects for food. If you want to keep numbers of flies, mosquitoes and wasps down, fill a box or plant -pot with dry materials from the garden (leaves bark, twigs) like those in this Insect Hotel to encourage spiders.
(4) ROBINS These favourite, friendly garden birds like to nest in open fronted boxes, like the one that is tucked into the back of the Insect Hotel. They are fiercely territorial so the Russell Square robins will live and hunt in this garden. Providing an insect rich environment will ensure plenty of food for them.
(5) LADYBIRDS Ladybirds are a gardener’s best friend. They are greedy to fill their round bodies with lots of bud-eating aphids. When young (in their larval phase), Ladybirds look like miniature dinosaurs before they transform beautiful creatures. They need areas to shelter and this Insect Hotel- gives them safe accommodation in bad weather and in winter.
(6) BUTTERFLIES Butterflies are great pollinators and a joy to observe. However, over 70% of the butterfly species are declining. Providing flowers and shrubs rich in pollen and nectar, and a home for winter shelter helps them to survive. And so. does putting out a plate of sugar syrup and fruit in spring and autumn or on wet, cold summer days.
"The Hotel" is an initiative that started in 2019 that attracts insects to the garden. The initiative is sponsored by 2 hotels (there is another hotel not shown in the picture).