Lovely Lacewings

[Alwaysautumn]

We've ordered some lacewing larvae to help deal with our greenfly population. Is there anything we can do to help them stick around once they have grown up? We haven't got much space but I'd like to do as much as I can to encourage them.

[MKG]

Coo - fancy no-one replying to this one!!! Not only lovely, but really good devourers of pests. Yes, you can encourage them to stick around. Have a google for lacewing houses, take careful note, and then make your own. You can do it with a block of untreated wood and a drill - an old log is perfect.

In fact, you can use the same technique for an awful lot of insects - it's the hole size (just as in birdboxes) which is important. And remember that the insect has to have a reason to go elsewhere - if there's food within reach, they won't stray far.

Mike