It Means That SomeThing Has Slept Through Winter
Overwintering is keeping tender plants protected so they will live until the next spring,when they appear again!
According to Michael L. Boyd Assistant Praffesar of Entomology State Extension Entomology Specialist. "A stink bug's life expectancy is highly variable. Weather, predation, parasitism, and food availability and quality all play an important role in how long a stink bug may live. This figure may represent days, weeks, and even months. For example, green stink bugs like other stink bugs overwinter in the adult stage, and overwintering adults may live as long as seven to nine months. Checking countless Web sites, searching for "stinkbug" and "lifespan" via Google. Bottom line is, it varies quite a bit based on the species. Can you be more specific? People assume that all animals are born with very specific characteristics that each member must strictly adhere to. This is not true, I imagine the life-span for a stink-bug is highly variable by individual, although, in higher latitudes, I imagine they can't live through winter. But sometimes they seem like they live forever in summer.
Yellow jackets (wasps) have smooth stings which do not get trapped so when the insect stings it has no problem removing it. For this reason it can sting multiple times. If it does so, and runs out of venom it will soon produce more. It is not possible to put a maximum on the number of times the insect can sting.
Most insects from cold regions can endure freezing temperatures. The coldest recorded insect is down to -60C. That's right negative 60. This was characterized in 3 larva. What the specific name it is. I didn't feel like going to the library for somebody on Wiki. But if you feel like looking it up here is the info and abstract.Cold-hardiness strategies of some adult and immature insects overwintering in interior Alaska.Miller, KComparative Biochemistry and Physiology, A [COMP. BIOCHEM. PHYSIOL., A.]. Vol. 73A, no. 4, pp. 595-604. 1982.A variety of adult and immature insects, most of which occupy highly exposed habitats, successfully overwinter in interior Alaska. A number of adult beetles are feezing-tolerant. All exhibit relatively high supercooling points and synthesize large quantities of polyhydric alcohols in response to cold. At least four other orders are represented by adult insects that tolerate freezing, but in contrast to adult beetles, all exhibit relatively low supercooling points associated with the build-up of glycerol. At least three species of larvae that overwinter in galls undergo a remarkable increase in supercooling capability (to ca. -- 60 degree C) associated with synthesis of large quantities of glycerol in winter. None of the larvae tested could survive freezing in spite of their high glycerol levels.
Floyd E. Moeller has written: 'Overwintering of honey bee colonies'
Berries (strawberries, raspberries, blueberries) We have an overwintering robin who eats raisins also.
Julian C. Rickards has written: 'Overwintering adaptations and physiology of diplolepis spinosa (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera'
In 1878 Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld became the first to complete the Northeast Passage without overwintering.
Wendie Ann Stone has written: 'The frost resistance and dormancy of overwintering buds of 'ribes nigrum' l'
Nothing is generally what the ladybug [Coccinellidae family] eats when it snows. Winter is the time that a ladybug tends to go somewhat dormant. During the cold season, the ladybug priority becomes overwintering somewhere safe and warm. But inside a house, it's possible that an overwintering ladybug still may be pursuing a terminator role regarding such household pests as mites.
Hans Gramberg has written: 'De overwintering op Nova Zembla' -- subject(s): Discovery and exploration, Dutch, Travel
Andrew John Hart has written: 'Overwintering and developmental biology of the hoverflies Episyrphus balteatus- DeGeer -and Syrphus ribesii- L. - - Diptera, Syrphidae -'
Wilson J. Gaidry has written: 'Correlations between inshore spring white shrimp population densities and offshore overwintering populations' -- subject(s): Crustacea, Penaeus setiferus, Shrimps
The Agrarian Revolution is the term given to the transformation in agriculture in England during the Georgian period. Some of the changes brought on by the Agrarian Revolution involved planting crops (particularly clover and turnips) to provide food for overwintering animals. ...
Grains, seeds, and fruit left over in trees. In the fall, many plants have seeds and wild birds will feed on this. Birds that live on insects and bugs will either seek warmer climates (migrate) or have adapted to seek overwintering insects under the bark of trees
Donald C. Schmiege has written: 'Oviposition preference of the black-headed budworm and host phenology' -- subject(s): Acleris variana, Western hemlock 'Mortality of overwintering eggs of the black-headed budworm and hemlock sawfly in southeast Alaska' -- subject(s): Acleris variana, Hemlock sawfly