Where do insects spring
Where do insects spring
In spring, migratory birds fly to their native land,animals come out of hibernation. But other, smaller representatives of wildlife return. When the frosts leave, and, finally, it becomes warm, insects awaken, which were not visible all winter.
Wintering Butterflies
Different types of butterflies have differentlife expectancy. The life of some is calculated in weeks, or even days, while others can survive for several years. Long-living butterflies are able to survive the winter in different stages. Raspberry silkworm can wait out the cold in the form of a caterpillar, individuals of many species spend this harsh time in the form of a pupa. Adult butterflies also hibernate. They in advance find for themselves secluded places - fasten to leaves branches of plants from which they make a comfortable cocoon, climb into hollows and cracks in trees, hide in abandoned buildings. With the arrival of heat, insects wake up and come out of their hiding places.Some species of butterflies do not fall asleep, but, like migratory birds, fly away to winter in warm regions. These include the butterfly admiral living in Russia, which spends the winters in West Africa.
Mosquito on pause
With the onset of cold weather, so annoyingfor the summer mosquitoes. These bloodsucking insects hide beneath a bark of trees that have departed from the trunk, in animal burrows or just in dry grass. Those who prefer to live in the city, hibernate in the empty premises. They can be found in abandoned buildings, in attics and cellars, in tunnels of heating pipes and even in the subway. In the cold, the mosquito decreases the metabolic rate. He seems to be on a pause, with the arrival of heat to withdraw from it.Today in the city you can meet a mosquito evenin winter. The reason for this insomnia is the presence of moist heated rooms (for example, cellars with defective pipes), where mosquitoes can multiply and into frost.
What does the May bug in January
Numerous beetles also prefer to waitwinter in a secluded place, in order to wake up in the spring and get back to business. Many species, including the May bug, winter in the soil, buried several dozen centimeters, so that frost does not reach them. Bronzovka prefers to spend the winter in warm piles of compost. Love beetles for the winter to go to bed in the cracks of trees and under the bark.Fly-pretender
The life of some flies has already become impossiblehuman dwelling. Winter, they also prefer to have already become their own home. With the onset of winter insects find themselves secluded places with cool even temperatures - balconies, cellars, where they are hammered into cracks and remain until the spring. Often in winter you can see supposedly dead flies between window frames. In fact, they did not die, but only wait for warming to wake up and reappear.
