At what point do small bugs take damage from falling?

Question

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.

In: Biology

Answer 1

They don’t. Their terminal velocities are too low. They just won’t hit the ground from falling hard enough to cause damage.

Terminal velocity is the max. speed you’ll hit the ground at if dropped. It’s determined by things such as gravity, air pressure, shape and density of the dropped body.

Might be different if the wind blows them into something.

In fact, things like spiders, ants, etc are found floating in the air. Like, plane flying altitudes.