2006-11-04 23:03:35 · 9 answers · asked by frosty 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
several butterfly species hbernate over winter and re-emerge in the spring to mate and lay their eggs.
In the US I believe the Monarch butterfly is a species which hibernates.
In the UK there are four species that do this. they are the Brimstone, the Comma, the Small Tortoiseshell and the Peacock butterfly.
I've inlcuded some links with more information below:-
2006-11-05 00:31:05 · answer #1 · answered by ukstubby 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a friend that mounts butterflies supprised me by saying yes .... but i am not sure if this was moths or a few isolated butterflies. The mmonarch butterfly rom North America is the longest living to my knowledge. Its adult cycle goes for 6 months and has been known to cross oceans.
PS. Just found this site for the Irish Peacock butterfly. it is said to hibernate
2006-11-04 23:14:00 · answer #2 · answered by wizebloke 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Butterflys are born of hibernation. Most butterflys don't live long, when they get tired they just die.
2006-11-04 23:13:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They make cocoons and toddlers on leaves in trees in the previous iciness and that they in many situations die a rapid time after that. bugs do only no longer stay long. They make plenty and a great number of toddlers. some like the Monarch Butterfly migrate to Canada or to Mexico and alter it up...
2016-10-21 07:20:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The life cycle of butterflies and moths goes from egg to caterpillar to chrysalis to adult. Adult butterflies and moths don't live very long. The other stages can survive the winter.
2006-11-04 23:10:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes some do,it's also called diapause. Can't tell you which ones do it though. And some butterflies also migrate
2006-11-04 23:19:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because it gets too cold for them and there are not enough flowering plants in the winter for them to survive
2006-11-08 09:48:00 · answer #7 · answered by patsy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i want to say that they all die, but i do have a feelin that butterflies can migrate to warmer climes,
but can't promise answer is right
2006-11-04 23:11:14 · answer #8 · answered by redsticks34 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no they don't
2006-11-04 23:31:19 · answer #9 · answered by Siobhan S 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋