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The snow scorpionfly, Boreus brumalis Fitch, commonly appears on the snow surface in midwinter. Here the body temperature is dependent upon the absorption of shortwave and longwave radiation and is independent of both the snow surface temperature and that of the air immediately surrounding it. The radiation is dissipated slowly because the insect resides within the boundary layer of the snow where conductance of heat is low.
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Courtin et al. (1984) studied this question.
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