Where do the outdoor tree frogs hibernate during Midwest winters?

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JaneW

Live in Northern Illinois. I have two tree frogs that like my hot tub. Where should they be during the winter?

Answer
Treefrogs usually hibernate in underground burrows, or inside rotting logs. Some apparently follow tree roots into underground crevices.

"Torpor (Hibernation). Wright (1932) speculated that gray treefrogs remained active in Georgia "until November at least." Harlan (1835, in Wright, 1932) relates collecting a specimen several feet below the surface of the ground from under a root of an apple tree in winter. Burkholder (1998) discovered hibernacula of Cope's gray treefrogs near the bases of sugar maple trees (Acer saccharum), 2.5â5.0 cm below the soil surface, as well as within leaf litter of varying depths; all individuals were found < 1 m from the base of each tree investigated."

Outdoor hot tub ran fine for two years and one morning the breaker is flipped. Reset the breaker and it flips?

satine

Could this be a worn heating element?
It is the GFCI breaker that flips. The hot tub has it's own room and it's own breaker box. Nothing else runs from it.

Thank you all so much for your answers!

Answer
That would be the first place to check.
If you can disconnect (unplug) your heating element it would help to determine if it is the element or a short to ground in the motor

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