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minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up63·1 year agoSo…ok, I’m missing something, then. How does the population get energy into the system, then? They don’t photosynthesize, somebody has to eat SOMEthing at SOME point, or they won’t have any energy at all for…activities.
minus-squarePyro@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up95·edit-21 year agoThe caterpillar stage. Wikipedia says that’s 6-7 weeks long.
minus-squareandroogee (they/she)@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 year agoBecome alive. Eat until I literally dissolve into goo. Become alive again. Fuck. Die.
minus-squarenezbyte@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up62·1 year ago Energy is from fat stores created while a caterpillar. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_moth
minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·edit-21 year agoOh that makes so much sense. I completely forgot about metamorphosis.
minus-squareKedly@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoI was in the same boat, thank you for asking my first thought as well xD
minus-squarenonfuinoncuro@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoGOD dammit I almost forgot about 177013
minus-squareBezier@suppo.filinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoI hear they gather the energy during the caterpillar stage.
minus-squarepopcap200@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoI googled it. They have energy stored from when they were caterpillars.
So…ok, I’m missing something, then. How does the population get energy into the system, then? They don’t photosynthesize, somebody has to eat SOMEthing at SOME point, or they won’t have any energy at all for…activities.
The caterpillar stage. Wikipedia says that’s 6-7 weeks long.
Become alive. Eat until I literally dissolve into goo. Become alive again. Fuck. Die.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_moth
Oh that makes so much sense. I completely forgot about metamorphosis.
I was in the same boat, thank you for asking my first thought as well xD
GOD dammit I almost forgot about 177013
I hear they gather the energy during the caterpillar stage.
I googled it. They have energy stored from when they were caterpillars.