Dr Bob: Build a Bug Hotel
Authors: Robin Christie
Published Date: 28th February, 2026
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Issue 83
Designing to building your own insect/wēta hotel with children.
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Issue 83
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Build a Bug Hotel
Having found wēta footprints in our tracking tunnel, the tamariki wanted to make somewhere safe for the insects to be. We had photos of bug hotels from other centres and magazines, and the children took inspiration from these to design and build their own.
STEP 1
The tamariki decided a box we had was the right shape an
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