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tomtink1 t1_j5dxv2c wrote

Reply to comment by openly_gray in Do bugs Ccommonly die of old age in nature? by 14159548210

I was thinking about things like mayflies... Would it count as old age or starvation/exhaustion/exposure depending on what the reason the adult lifespan is so short?

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openly_gray t1_j5f92gw wrote

Technically “old age” since the short lifespan is a biological feature ( I believe some of them don’t even have a working digestive system). But that certainly can be debated

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