how to attract bugs to your area

[savilcr]

My chickens scratch in a .5 acre wood lot all day in the back yard, is there any way to attract bug back there to help them out?

 

[kesali]

I went to open the door for the coop to let the girls into the run this am. OMG!!! The mosquitoes are terrible!!! I was almost overwhelmed by the voracious little beasts!! Can't wait for the dragon flies to come out and get rid of them.

 

[galanie]

I have 2 water lily ponds that currently have tadpoles in them and some well fed dragonflies. I just wish the dang mosquitoes didn't find me so tasty! Rarely see one, but I sure get bit.

 

[drumstick diva]

attract bugs - never. You can have all of mine.

 

[AlienChick]

Manure and compost piles should attract enough bugs.

OR you can just come on over to my house and grab all you can!!! (please)

 

[galanie]

Oh yeah! Compost pile or wood left to rot - keep a pile of leaves moist. All those have lots of bugs.

 

[Saltysteele]

long time ago i knew a guy that would feed fish in his pond by suspending a dead carcass of [insert whatever you've got here] above his pond. he would put it in a ham stocking (that mesh material hams are placed in during curing and smoking), and hang it from a tree branch over the edge of the pond. as the flies laid eggs, which then hatched, they would drop into the water feeding his fish.

don't think i would do this in my backyard