Where do bugs go during the winter?
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Bees live on their honey during the winter.  Many other insects do die, but only after laying eggs that will hatch in the spring.\n\nCheck this out:  http://www.uky.edu/Ag/Entomology/ythfacts/allyr/yf806.htm
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When we have mild winters, the ticks do not get killed off and therefore begin to flourish.  Nasty little things.  \n\nI recently learned this by reading an article about ticks.  Yes, there are more ticks now.  Global warming.
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Good answers so far, but one thing nobody has mentioned yet is oxygen depravation.  Unless the pond is extremely shallow - Ice will only form a top layer a few feet thick.  This layer however effectively seals off the water from the air interface - preventing oxygen exchange.  Amphibians and some turtles will hibernate, but invertebrates and fish will remain active throughout the year.\n\nThe fish should live initially, but if there are a lot of fish in your pond, or other animals for that matter, and the ice forms and remains for too long - the available oxygen in the water may be depleted - resulting in a noticable fish kill when the ice melts next spring.  Photosynthesis by algae and rooted plants may continue to provide some oxygen as long as the ice is transparent enough to let light through, but thick ice covered with snow pretty much shuts down this process.\n\nThis does happen very rarely in small northern lakes and ponds (I'm talking northern Minnesota or Canada here).  One trick often used by fisheries agencies is to dump loads of coal dust ontop of the ice.  The black dust helps to melt the snow and ice quicker in the spring on suspect lakes.
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it is a winter plant\n\n:> peace
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They are less active in winter but they don't migrate. It was just looking for a place to rest for a minute that offered a little shelter from the weather.
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Winter since January starts the year
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Many beetles survive freezing...even ones as common as the Ladybird...(Ladybug)\nThe temperature range you give sounds a bit far-fetched, though.
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The real reason why there are more insects in the summer than the winter is because the summer provides an ideal environment for eggs to hatch.  Hot muggy conditions provide moisture and is more conducive for procreation.  The mortality rate of insects also is less because of these ideal living conditions "assuming all other factors being equal" therefore we find more insect during the Summer period versus the winter
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Squirrels mate in the Winter, and you can often see males chasing females up, down, and around trees. Once mated, both the male and female build the nest.\n\nEastern Gray Squirrels usually live in forests, but they are also seen in yards, gardens, and city parks. Basically, they live anywhere there are large, deciduous  trees (trees whose leaves die in the Fall).\n\nThese squirrels live in trees year-round, either in cavities or nests they build out of leaves. Cavities are often old woodpecker holes. Nests are usually high up in tree crotches. Nests are hard to see in the Summer, because they are made with green leaves, and are hidden by foliage (leaves on the trees). They are easy to see in the Winter, when the nest leaves have turned brown and tree leaves fall to the ground.\n\nThe trees most commonly used by Eastern Gray Squirrels to live in are White Oak, American Beech, American Elm, Red Maple, and Sweetgum, though they will use others also.
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They go to the trees and hide in the leaves.  Butterflies can get wet, and they can get cold, but cold and wet will kill them.
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No. People get sick more in winter because they're indoors more and breathing the same air with sick people.
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After the last of several molts the larva is transformed into a pupa with a hard, often sculptured outer integument, within which it changes to the adult form. The butterfly pupa is called a chrysalis, or chrysalid. Most chrysalids (unlike the pupae of most moths) are not enclosed in a cocoon; however, they are usually suspended from some object by a silken thread and may have a partial covering. Except in those species that winter in the pupa stage, the adult usually emerges from the integument in two or three weeks. Members of some species winter in the egg stage, others as larvae or adults. The adults of most species, however, live only about a month.
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they fly south dont they? to warmer location
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No, actually being IN cold weather protects more from the viruses because the virus cannot survive in the cold air. The viruses are usually transferred through physical contact OR in the air inside our nice toasty homes. Hint: Keep your thermostats below 68 degrees in the winter and stay healthy
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They dont!! Sorry to say it but that's why you see some animals dead :(.\nHoweverm they do know winter's comming up...it  kinna get cooler
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During the summer and autumn/fall, many fly species lay eggs in plants and things. The eggs hatch, and the larvae stay in the plant for the winter, developing into adults. In the spring they leave the plant and find a mate, and the cycle starts all over again.\n\nSome flies do not need to mate to reproduce, and their offspring are 'clones' of the mother. This is a very quick way of producing offspring, so the population increases very quickly when it becomes warm again.\n\nThe black flies you saw were probably lying dormant in some nooks and crannies somewhere. When the temperature drops, their body processes slow down and they 'hibernate'. When the temperature rises they become active again. Thats probably where you blackflies came from
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they hide in places you never look in.  flies, like many other bugs, are active during daytime when it is warm. at night, when it is cool, they rest in sheltered areas like under the roof, in pipes, on the walls.  moths and other night bugs do the opposite.