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ELI5: How do insects handle rain so well without causing mass-extinction (by Sparky)

 Sparky (0)  (29 / M-F / Massachusetts)
18-Aug-19 10:30 pm
ELI5: How do insects handle rain so well without causing mass-extinction

If human-sized raindrops fell far above from the sky, i feel we would probably break a bone or two and fear the rain. How do insects survice this so well? Some hide, some are equipped with hard shells, but I just watched a little butterfly in the middle of the rain like it didnt care


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