diapause. A period of physiologically controlled dormancy in insects.
disease. Any disturbance of a plant that interferes with its normal structure, function, or economic value.
Second generation larvae begin to hatch in late July or early August and develop until sometime in mid-October when they enter diapause. The 1st instar larva is minute (about 0.25 mm or1/100 inch long), while the last is 18-25 mm (3/4-1 inch) long.
Numerous other insects also use diapause as a means of winter survival. Leaffooted bugs, a large, brown cousin of boxelder bugs, commonly invade homes, particularly in the mountains.
A bumble bee queen will mate in the fall, then diapause over the winter, waking alone in the spring to find a nest site and lay the eggs that will mature to become her colony. The following fall, new queens and males will hatch.
In addition, most insects seek out protective sites and spend the winter below ground, under debris or in insulated areas. Winter diapause, a state in which insects stop growing and developing, ...
 See also: Insect, Spring, Pest, Genera, Larva
  
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