eli5: How do Bugs survive winter

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i genuinly curious how bugs such as flies and mosquitoos survive during winter and come back i. summer/spring, how can we eradicate mosquitoos permanently ? cold weather seems to be the optimal way so why it dont work ? do i have to move to siberia to never encounter one of those blood sucking vermin ? elp.

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One part of this equation is that there are terrain features that never actually freeze. Snow is a great insulator, and some springs and swamps etc. have enough of a flow to keep from freezing, just enough to allow for eggs to survive winter.

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