Ice-covered ponds can be homes for water boatmen and backswimmers. They stay in air pockets under the ice. Underground Ants and termites can survive the cold by moving to deeper areas within their underground colonies. We may not be able to see them, but they are alive and well beneath the earth's surface. Ants store food to use during the winter when they are not able to go out to find food.
Some insects take an extended vacation when the weather turns cold.
One of the most well known migrating insects is the monarch butterfly. Large numbers of monarchs move south in the fall. Some monarchs have traveled a record 1800 miles, from Canada to Mexico. In the spring, the monarchs head north again. The eggs hatch and the larvae quickly develop into butterflies.