Strategies vary from hibernating as adult butterflies to forming a chrysalis - or by not being in the country at allSurviving winter is the ultimate challenge for the 60 butterfly species that make their living in Britain.Different species use different tactics. The riskiest, and therefore chosen by the fewest, is to hibernate as adult butterflies. Only five species choose this path and they favour cryptic undersides - so they disappear from view when their wings are closed. Continue reading...
Butterflywatch: The tactics different species use to survive winter in Britain
31. ledna 2025 7:16
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Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/31/butterflywatch-tactics-species-use-survive-winter-britain
Zdroj: The Guardian