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submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 7 months ago (4 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 95 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

The caterpillar stage. Wikipedia says that's 6-7 weeks long.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 7 months ago

Become alive. Eat until I literally dissolve into goo. Become alive again. Fuck. Die.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Energy is from fat stores created while a caterpillar.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_moth

[–] [email protected] 36 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Oh that makes so much sense. I completely forgot about metamorphosis.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

I was in the same boat, thank you for asking my first thought as well xD

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

GOD dammit I almost forgot about 177013

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

I hear they gather the energy during the caterpillar stage.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

I googled it. They have energy stored from when they were caterpillars.