Details
Designed to be wall mounted this habitat provides an ideal place for roosting or as a winter hibernation place.
The viewing window is used for inspection or to add plant materials or twigs as resting places. The Butterfly Habitat has a copper roof over painted with light blue.
Contains an integral feeder sponge for soaking with sugar solution or butterfly food. Depending on the species butterflies may overwinter as adults, as a chrysalis or as eggs - the house is suitable for all these purposes:
- For summer roosting or winter hibernation
- Viewing window to watch activity
- Integral feeder to attract and nourish butteflies
Product Dimensions:
(H. 365mm W. 160mm D. 170mm - Approx Weight 1.10KG)
TOP TIPS
The central feed sponge can be charged with a sugar/water solution to encourage and help butterflies or it can be soaked with Wildlife World Butterfly Attractant to encourage colourful butterflies (with the exception of the Cabbage White) to the feed station/habitat.
Butterfly Facts
- Butterflies are important economically as one of the major agents of pollination
- Butterflies will use the house for roosting. The following may also use the house for hibernating: Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock (often found in sheds and outbuildings) and the Comma Butterfly. Less commonly, the Silver Winged Fritillary may use the box to lay eggs (preferably sited in mature trees) The chrysalis could be formed on the roof or internal branches.
- It is a popular belief that butterflies have very short life spans. However, butterflies in their adult stage can live from a week to nearly a year depending on the species.
- Butterflies are termed as holometabolous insects, and go through complete metamorphosis:
- Egg
- Larva, known as a caterpillar
- Pupa (chrysalis)
- Adult butterfly (imago)
FACTS
F.S.C.
The Butterfly Habitat Feeder is made from Forest Stewarship Council certified (FSC) wood and a water-based stain – Wildlife World are members of an FSC Chain Of Custody Group and have been responsible for encouraging several sawmills and suppliers to become certified to meet our demand for well managed timber. They have now almost achieved a 100% FSC supply for all their components other than waste wood.
Chain of Custody Cert No. SGS-COC 1654 O. This information has been supplied by Wildlife World Ltd.
What is FSC?
The Forest Stewardship Council enables you to buy forest products of all kinds with confidence that you are not contributing to global forest destruction. FSC certified forests are managed to ensure long term timber supplies while protecting the environment and the lives of forest-dependent peoples. FSC certification can also cover non-timber forest products such as latex and foods. A system of Chain of Custody certification traces forest products through the supply chain to the end-consumer. Whenever you buy timber or timber products always look for the FSC logo.