How do frogs spend the winter?

Frogs are amphibious animals without tails. Their eggs are laid in water and fertilized in vitro, so how do frogs survive the winter?

I. the living habits of frogs

Frog is a kind of vertebrate of the family Frog and Rana, widely distributed in the wetlands and water environment of all continents in the world. Frogs often inhabit rivers, ponds and rice fields, mainly in the grass near the water, and sometimes lurk into the water. Most of them are active at night, with insects as the staple food, and also eat some field snails, snails, shrimps, small fish and so on.

Because most of the insects eaten are agricultural pests, they are also regarded as a kind of animals beneficial to agriculture.

How do frogs spend the winter?

Frogs are generally dormant in the bottom of the water, caves, soil for the winter, and will also enter a state of suspended animation, that is, hibernation. Because frogs are cold-blooded, they will freeze to death if the temperature is too low. They hibernate in winter and can move again when the temperature warms up the following spring.

What kind of pests do frogs eat?

1. Lepidoptera pests: Rice leaf rollers, armyworms, rice borer, rice bracts, corn borer, cotton bollworm, gray borer, brow mosquito night moth, rice eye butterfly, etc.

2. Hemiptera pests: White-backed planthopper, gray-backed planthopper, rice black bugs, brown-backed planthopper, etc.

3. Coleoptera pests: Rice negative mud beetle, rice weevil, beetle, ladybug, etc.

4. Diptera pests: Rice leafminer, duckworm, fruit fly, mosquito and so on.

Frogs are omnivorous, of which plant food accounts for only about 7% of the diet; animal food accounts for about 93% of the diet.