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Do insects eat their own dead?

Anonymous

∙ 8y ago

Updated: 10/20/2022

It's impossible to generalise as there are nearly a million species of insects. About half of them only eat plants. Others are parasites like fleas. Some are carnivores and I suppose they might eat dead bodies of others.

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