Meanings
plural insect hotels
- A man-made structure created to provide shelter for insects.
The basic principle behind an insect hotel is to use different materials to create a variety of habitats for a wide range of insect species. Most hotels feature an assortment of holes that vary in diameter from 2 to 10mm (¹⁄₁₆–³⁄₈in), depending on the species the hotel is intended to attract.
2020, The Butterfly Brothers, Wild Your Garden: Create a sanctuary for nature, Dorling Kindersley Ltd, →ISBN, page 166Synonyms: bug hotel, insect house
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA man-made structure created to provide shelter for insects.
Translations
Czech hmyzí hotel
- hmyzí hotelman-made structure to house insects
Dutch insectenhotel
- insectenhotelman-made structure to house insects
Estonian putukahotell
- putukahotellman-made structure to house insects
Finnish hyönteishotelli
- hyönteishotelliman-made structure to house insects
French hôtel à insectes, nichoir à insectes
- hôtel à insectesman-made structure to house insects
- nichoir à insectesman-made structure to house insects
German Insektenhotel, Insektenhaus
- Insektenhotelman-made structure to house insects
- Insektenhausman-made structure to house insects
- Nützlingshotelman-made structure to house insects
Hungarian rovarhotel, rovartanya
- rovarhotelman-made structure to house insects
- rovartanyaman-made structure to house insects
- bogárhotelman-made structure to house insects
- darázsgarázsman-made structure to house insects
Polish hotel dla owadów, domek dla owadów
- hotel dla owadówman-made structure to house insects
- domek dla owadówman-made structure to house insects
Russian отель для насекомых
- отель для насекомых (otelʹ dlja nasekomyx)man-made structure to house insects
Spanish hotel para insectos
- hotel para insectosman-made structure to house insects
Swedish insektshotell
- insektshotellman-made structure to house insects
Cite this entry
insect hotel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insect%20hotel
“insect hotel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insect%20hotel. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “insect hotel,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insect%20hotel.
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