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At the beginning of last school year, my younger son, then a first grader, brought home a mealworm to raise as a science project. (Everyone in his class got one. His brother got one three years before.) In due time, the mealworm became a pupa, and then on November 19th of last year, Bill the Bug exited his cocoon. I mention the date, because googling suggested that mealworm beetles live about two months in beetle form. Today is July 19th.  Now, I know the pandemic has distorted everyone's time senses, but November to July is definitely more than two months, right?
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Call Your Grandma posted:One of the first axioms of bug science is that a beetle only gets to gently caress once and then it dies but it also works in reverse so when you keep it in captivity it can't mate and is basically immortal. His brother's beetle lived definitely less than three months, and only maybe more than two! (We don't know whether Bill is William or Wilhelmina, but my sons use 'he' to refer to him. I assume it doesn't really matter for longevity purposes.)
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