Posted by Higbey

look, here is one, the mountain weta, can use the crickets script, and its justified in being alive in winter because

" H. maori, the mountain stone weta, lives in the drier areas At most sites, it lives on the ground, under stones or in crevices, but in at least two island (within lakes) sites which have not been modified greatly, it readily lives both in trees and on the ground.

Mountain stone weta can survive being frozen for months in a state of suspended animation down to temperatures of -10°C, because their haemolymph (the insect equivalent of blood) contains special proteins that prevent ice from forming in their cells."