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Wintering Bugs


name       melissa
status     other
age        20s

Question - My husband and I live in New Hampshire. We were wondering
where lightning bugs go in the winter especially since our winters are
sooo cold. And what about June bugs?

Lightning bugs overwinter as larvae buried in the soil. June bugs as adults
in underground burrows.
J. Elliott
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The larval forms subsist in the ground I believe.

PF
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