Insect Home Designs

These are some of the initial designs for the insect homes. The plan at this stage is to use a number of state house and flat designs to make the front of the homes and then have boxes at the rear, which will make up the living area for the different insect species.

Enticing a particular species of insect to take up residency will take a bit of work to start with as from my brief research it can be difficult, but it will all be part of the ongoing research.

Funding

I have a small amount of funding for the project and I am looking to raising further funds, to build more homes and to extend the project beyond the festival by making the designs and plans available to anyone who wants to build their own insect homes.

So I have started a Pledge Me campaign details below and lots of goodies for anyone who donates.

Homes for Unsung Heroes

Part art project part environmental project Homes for Unsung Heroes is simply building homes for insects, they are often overlooked and under valued but play a crucial role in a healthy ecosystem. Their homes current homes are under threat, it might be housing developments, a motorway or a new farm, across the country their habitats are shrinking and in turn it affects everything that relies on insects.

Homes built for insects by humans come in many forms, but Homes for Unsung Heroes will be building a range of social housing based on the iconic New Zealand state house and each home will be designed for specific native insects.

The project will be launched at Splore 2015 and then the intention is to provide plans and designs for others across the country to easily build their own Homes for Unsung Heroes.