At what point do small bugs take damage from falling?

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I released a spider today and after launching it from about six feet up, which was about 72 times its height, I started to wonder about this.

EDIT: Took out a typo. I didn’t think anybody would care or notice but you know, Reddit.

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Probably never. Wind resistance stops them from getting any appreciable speed no matter how high you put them.

Consider instead a piece of fluff or a sheet of paper. How high do you need to drop it before it will take fall damage? Well, doesn’t matter, it isn’t aerodynamic enough to fall fast enough to get significantly hurt.

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