woolybanana Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 As I generally pack stuff up, I have a question about the insect house in the garden which I wanna take with me as it was a present.During the early part of the year quite a few of the holes were filled up with some sort of wasp, and closed with mud. Some then seem to have either hatched or just got fed up and burrowed out. But there are still a lot left.In the next few days the insect house will be packed for an indefinite period ( let's say 6 months). Am I committing those creatures now behind the remaining mud walls to a slow lingering death as they hatch, as the thing will be covered in bubble wrap, or are those unhatched holes in fact already deceased?(No Monty Python jokes please).We walled Norman up in his barrel a few years ago and that particular Mosca seems to have survived the winter alright, by the way!Any thoughts welcome, svp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Do you have a friend or neighbour you could leave it with to collect later ? Sadly I think packing it will have one of two consequences : The insects die, or they come out and multiply while in the packing possibly making a nasty surprise for the un-wrapper.[:'(]PS: OH built a big insect house from things we had in the garden: pallets, bricks, bamboo, flower pots crocs, a bit of hay/straw, logs etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted November 5, 2015 Author Share Posted November 5, 2015 Thanks, RH. I'll leave it with l'Oiseau until better arrangements can be made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Beurrrrrrrkkkkk! All those creepy crawlies!!??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomoss Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 [quote user="woolybanana"]Thanks, RH. I'll leave it with l'Oiseau until better arrangements can be made.[/quote]But don't many birds eat insects? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted November 8, 2015 Author Share Posted November 8, 2015 Yes, little bird often seen tucking into tasty grasshoppers; she even sits on my spade when I am diggin so she can get the worms. Seeing her battle with a long worm as she tries to get it out of the ground is a real hoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 [quote user="woolybanana"]Yes, little bird often seen tucking into tasty grasshoppers; she even sits on my spade when I am diggin so she can get the worms. Seeing her battle with a long worm as she tries to get it out of the ground is a real hoot.[/quote]I hadn't realised she was an owl. Is she really a wise old bird then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbie Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 A bird - yes. Wise - from her posts i would say yes. Old - not for me to say[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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