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Insects have a variety of methods for surviving 

the coldness of winter. When the days get shorter 

and the temperature drops, you know winter is 

coming. Humans wear fluffy coats matched with 

hats and gloves...

They build warm comfortable fires to survive 

the winter weather. As bugs, we prepare 

ourselves differently for the winter chills. 

Bugs use nature’s resources to help them 

survive the winter. Monarch Butterflies can 

sense the weather changing. They begin their 

journey by flying south to warmer weather, 

this is called migration. 

But other bugs migrate from southern areas 

into northern areas during the spring. These 

bugs are called crop pests.

Some larvae bugs don’t have the ability to fly 

to warmer weather. The woolly bear caterpillar 

uses the protection of heavy covers made of 

leaf litter to stay warm.   Now, he is protected 

from all the winter elements.

Other bugs burrow deep underground in the 

soil to escape the cold.

The children (nymphs) of dragonflies and other 

flying insects live in the waters of ponds and 

streams. They often live beneath the ice out of 

harms way. 

Under the ice they feed actively to help them 

grow. In spring, they emerge from beneath 

the ice as adults.

Bugs like moths and silkworms enclose themselves 

in shells or cocoons. This is called the pupal stage. 

In the spring these bugs emerge as adults.

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