Worms will survive in frozen or dry soils by estivation until warmer weather arrives. Not all earthworms make that downward journey to survive winter.

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Some kinds of earthworms lay their eggs in cocoons safe in the soil to hatch when conditions are right then settle under leaf litter on top of the soil where they freeze and die.