Hibernarium

As a hibernarium or hibernaculum (spelling also Hibernakulum ) a winter camp is referred to in zoology . Man-made possibilities for wintering are insect hotels .

insects

Small kingfisher hibernarium ( Limenitis camilla ). The caterpillar's thorns can be seen in the pocket opening

The term hibernaculum is predominantly in the Entomology ( Entomology used). These are webs made by the caterpillars , which are usually spun into a kind of leaf bag with rolled leaves or other plant parts. In particular, some butterflies such as kingfisher (Limenitidinae) and thick-headed butterflies (Hesperiidae) should be mentioned, for example:

Great Kingfisher ( Limenitis populi )
Little Kingfisher ( Limenitis camilla )
Blue-black kingfisher ( Limenitis reducta )
Limenitis archippus
Black moth ( Neptis rivularis )
Kronwicken Dickkopffalter ( Erynnis day ),
Red cube-head butterfly ( Spialia sertorius )
Mallow Dickkopffalter ( Carcharodus alceae )
Loreley thick-headed butterfly ( Carcharodus lavatherae )
Alpine sun rose cube thick-headed butterfly ( Pyrgus warrenensis )

From the caterpillars of individual moths belonging to the owl butterflies (Noctuidae) , such hibernating quarters are usually created on the ground. The blueberry barbed owl ( Hyppa rectilinea ) should be mentioned here as an example.

Hibernaries can also be found in the caterpillars of the yuccamoths (Prodoxidae). Queens of the hornets ( Vespa ) also hibernate in similar winter shelters.

Mammals and snakes

Mammals (Mammalia) such as B. Brown bears ( Ursus arctos ), marmots ( Marmota ) or bats (Microchiptera) as well as snakes (Serpentes) choose caves in the ground, stones or trees as shelter in winter. Their winter quarters are not referred to in German as a hibernarium , but sometimes as a hibernaculum .

Individual evidence

↑ Günter Ebert, Erwin Rennwald (ed.): The butterflies of Baden-Württemberg . 1st edition. tape 1 . Butterflies . 1. General part: systematics, taxonomy and nomenclature, faunistics and ecology, endangerment and protection, data processing; Special part: Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae . Ulmer, Stuttgart 1991, ISBN 3-8001-3451-9 .
^ Günter Ebert (Ed.): The butterflies of Baden-Württemberg . 1st edition. tape 6 . Moth IV. Noctuidae 2nd part. Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 1997, ISBN 3-8001-3482-9 .

Web links

Lepiforum eV Little Kingfisher

Lepiforum eV Black pied butterfly

www.schmetterling-raupe.de Blue-black kingfisher

www.pyrgus.de Alpen-Sonnenröschen-Würfel-Dickkopffalter

www.hornissenschutz.de Hornet queen

[Ebert1-1] Günter Ebert, Erwin Rennwald (ed.): The butterflies of Baden-Württemberg . 1st edition. tape 1 . Butterflies . 1. General part: systematics, taxonomy and nomenclature, faunistics and ecology, endangerment and protection, data processing; Special part: Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae . Ulmer, Stuttgart 1991, ISBN 3-8001-3451-9 .

[Ebert6-2] Günter Ebert (Ed.): The butterflies of Baden-Württemberg . 1st edition. tape 6 . Moth IV. Noctuidae 2nd part. Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 1997, ISBN 3-8001-3482-9 .