A Local Study of Hibernation in Insects (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Hibernation in insects relates to their existence in Winter. This is an important phase of their life history; and a study of hibernation includes all those adaptations by which their winter existence is assured. The more important items of such a study are,-the preparation of insects for hibernation; the time of their entrance into it, of their continuance in it, and of their emergence from.it; the means by which they withstand the temperatures and cli matic conditions to which they are exposed; and the protection in 'which the Winter is passed.

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