Butterflies-amazing creatures, fluttering from flower to flower, perhaps, themselves as fresh flowers. They give an extraordinary sense of harmony. No wonder they are so fond of children for the brightness and fantastic beauty. Most butterflies are associated with summer, because in the summer we have a great opportunity to observe them. But I ran into what I thought a very interesting phenomenon in nature to find almost in the middle of the calendar winter live butterfly "peacock"
I ask the question, what do butterflies do in winter??? Shoveling a lot of information about this type of butterflies, was very surprised.
The butterfly peacock eye hibernates in temperate latitudes in September and in the South in October. She chooses a safe place to be sheltered from the cold and enemies. It could be:
the attic of the house or outbuildings;
cavity in the tree bark;
hollow;
cave and crevice of the rocks;
forest or meadow litter.
Winter sleep is called hibernation. During this period, slow down all life processes (breathing, digestion), reduced body temperature. The duration of numbness depends on the environmental conditions. Sleep can be interrupted as a result of rising temperatures. The butterfly chooses a secluded place, if it is a vertical surface, it clings tightly with its paws. Motionless, with dark folded wings, it looks like a dry autumn leaf.
