Winter Arthropods
- Mammals are homeothermic: body temperature stays constant.
Arthropods are ectothermic:
regulate their body temperatures externally
(or poikilothermic, body temperature fluctuates). How do they survivie northern Illinois winters?
- Migrate:
- Burrow beneath freeze line:
- Aquatic:
- Diapause:
- Freeze avoidance: supercool, produce high concentrations of ethylene glycol, glycerol,
and antifreeze proteins; avoid contact with ice.
- Freeze tolerance: ice-nucleating proteins promote extracellular freezing.
- Diapause as larva:
- Diapause as nymph:
- Diapause as pupa:
- Diapause as adult:
- Diapause as egg:
- Die and repopulate: