
From the Vault: Funeral for a Bug
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Con Article on Corpuse Management in Social Insects
In enclosed nests, social insects dispose of dead individuals in various fashions to prevent further contactb corpses and living members in a colony. Avoidance is usually the best approach if you encounter one of your own dead. For certain social spiders, and social aphids, corpse removal is just an indistinguishable part of clearing out a nest site.
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