If I Were A Cold Bugger.....

The last time I can remember being super cold was not too long ago. I was outside hunting and it was about 4 in the morning. I was as bundled up as could be, but still freezing. With no sun to warm me for a few more hours, I had to suck it up. I could not imagine having to survive all winter like this.
Cold buggers overwinter in all the different  states, whether its eggs, pupae, larvae, or adults. If I could choose out of these stages which to overwinter, I'd go with the pupa stage. The reason I would choose this is because this stage is when the larvae becomes an adult. This is where metamorphosis occurs and normally takes place over time in a cocoon or similar structure. I figured that this would be a good time to over winter. This way when you emerge into adulthood it is warm again. This is the method many moths and butterflies use. This is how I would prefer to over winter. However, there is one other option I would rather take......

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The monarch butterfly is different in its survival over winter. These bugs migrate to warmer climates for the winter. Now that sounds like the life. If I could, I would totally be in Mexico right now, laying on the beach. These butterflies have it RIGHT! We should all take from their examples and migrate over the winter... I would have no opposition to that!


I have been exploring a few times outside for different cocoons or nests that bugs have made to over winter. I have found two different ones.. I suspect one to be a moth. The other I know to be a nest of praying mantis'. Here is a photo of what the nest looks like..

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