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Ladybugs at an altitude of 5000m above sea level?!

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grendaizer, 19.08.2009 12:30

I would like to know your opinion about the presence of ladybirds at mountain heights of about 5000m. In July of this year, when climbing in the area of the Bezengi Wall, I was interested in this, even on the glacier and also on the pre-summit ridge, some birds flashed back and forth, there was a connection everywhere, steep slopes. I was surprised to find them in such downright unflattering conditions.... later it became clear what exactly could have lured them there, ladybugs! Which ones I can't say since I had a different mindset in my head, it wasn't up to defining the view. But still, how could they have gotten there, since they weren't blown there by the wind? Although it is possible and this option....

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19.08.2009 12:37, Dmitrii Musolin

many types of cows spend the winter or summer resting in the mountains. but I can't say anything about the height.

19.08.2009 22:36, Guest

Please explain what summer peace means. With such a minus, perhaps they are threatened with eternal peace there!

19.08.2009 22:50, Dmitrii Musolin

not all insects are active all summer. some have a summer rest (summer diapause, estivation). at some point in the summer (when heat, drought, or lack of food occurs), they move to cooler places and wait out this period. As I recall, some cows do this in the mountains. I don't know if 5000 m is too high for them... what's the temperature there? in principle, they can be there until spring. then it is a summer-winter rest (diapause)

by the way, that they were food for birds is a big question. they are hardly edible for birds...

well, the wind... if there are a lot of them at the bottom (as in England this year), then theoretically it can blow up with the wind....
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