Cold and Snow

It is zero or something abow the zero and We finally got a true snow after long years of wantage. I have been walking this road for many time but not in winter. It is quite different with cloudy sky unpenetrable for sun and snow under my feet. So quiet all around.  But still... I found Boreus hyemalis. This small jumping insect belongs to order Mecoptera and is found only in winter. During this cold period of the year not so many insects are seen. And that is the point. This is the life strategy how to avoid predators, but on the other hand risking freeze to death. (GPS: 48.58385, 17.24536).

Winter in nature. Snow is covering fields.
 
Boreus hyemalis apterous ♀ with ovipositor.

Boreus hyemalis ♂ with rudimental wings.



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