If the freezer actually killed the bugs they would all die out in northern climes... The freezer does NOT kill much other than adult bugs and nymphs... It is the eggs that survive freezers easily. They do not survive the chlorox in the wash water. Last fall near Tok we found a road-killed moose carcass crawling with bugs. Last winter Tok had a stretch of at least a couple weeks colder than -50 and it bottomed at below -80. If that won't kill a bug, nothing will!