Hibernate once their food source of aphids runs out, they find a frost free place to aggregate in their hundreds to sleep until in the spring the day length wakes them up. These six were being stalked by two more who were marching round the top of the post. They can live for up to two years so must reproduce often, somewhere near a food source. Ran an extension cable to one of the trees and decorated it with a string of lights, must buy a couple of uplighters for the palm tree. Cycled to the farm to buy eggs, the lane is getting increasingly muddy, a mild sunny day with light winds.
