Eli5: Where do insects go when temperatures drop below -25C in the winter and isn’t the soil frozen for them to go under?

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Eli5: Where do insects go when temperatures drop below -25C in the winter and isn’t the soil frozen for them to go under?

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Insects have lots of different strategies. Some have antifreeze blood and can freeze solid. Some burrow deep underground before it freezes. Some migrate. Some just die, having timed their reproduction so that their eggs or larva survive.