Definitionn. (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer
Last update: October 2, 2015
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AESTIVATION (from Lat. [Please select]
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A second factor is the availability of necessary shelter, especially aestivation sites. [Please select]
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This habit is doubtless of value, especially during hibernation or possibly during the summer lethargy or aestivation, the latter a habit which may be more general among these butterflies than is now supposed. [Please select]
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Fiske, one of our most painstaking entomologists who has studied the butterflies of New Hampshire for many years, that it is more probably double-brooded with a period of aestivation during the later weeks of summer. [Please select]
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