It got quite cold at my house. Did the freezing weather help control the insects in the landscape?
You can probably relax for a month or two, but most pests survived the freeze. They huddled among the foliage and developing buds and were not affected by the cold. You may even have brought a few insects and mites indoors with plants to be protected from the cold. When these plants are returned outdoors, the insects keep on multiplying. Just a few insects including the Caribbean and papaya fruit flies likely saw a significant drop in population. The life cycles of other mites and insects including aphids, whiteflies, scales and chinch bugs slow down during the cold, but are expected to resume activity when warm weather returns.
