What do Billabong Bugs do in the wild if they don have rain for a long time?
Billabong Bugs have special eggs that are very much like plant seeds. If there is no rain, such as during a drought where rain may not come for two or three years, the eggs remain in the soil completely dry but still alive through an amazing process called Cryptobiosis, which is Latin for hidden life. After the rains come, Billabong Bugs hatch out in as little as twelve hours to continue the next generation.
