Do You Know How Bugs Spend Winter?
- Insects are cold-blooded, which helps them survive changing temperatures.
- Most insects, like ladybugs, hibernate all winter long.
- Some insects produce an antifreeze-like liquid called glycerol in their bodies to reduce the amount of water inside and keep themselves from freezing.
- Some species of butterflies take a winter vacation, heading south for warmer temperatures until winter is through. The most commonly recognized is the monarch butterfly.
- Ants store food in their colonies when it’s warm, and then use it over the winter to prevent having to go above the frost line.
- Arctic beetles can withstand temperatures of more than 120 degrees below zero.
- Mosquitoes are found everywhere in the world except Antarctica.
- Certain types of honeybees cluster together in their hives during winter to maintain warmth.