Based in the information provided, the best explanation for the low numbers of spiders and flies in plot 5 is:

A. centipedes are actively consuming flies and spiders.
B. there were not enough spiders to catch and consume all the flies.
C. there were not enough flies to support a large centipede population.
D. centipedes prefer spiders to flies.


A

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