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minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·1 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-squarenezbyte@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·1 year ago Energy is from fat stores created while a caterpillar. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_moth
minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·edit-21 year agoOh that makes so much sense. I completely forgot about metamorphosis.
minus-squarenonfuinoncuro@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoGOD dammit I almost forgot about 177013
minus-squareKedly@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoI was in the same boat, thank you for asking my first thought as well xD
minus-squarepopcap200@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 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.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_moth
Oh that makes so much sense. I completely forgot about metamorphosis.
GOD dammit I almost forgot about 177013
I was in the same boat, thank you for asking my first thought as well xD
I googled it. They have energy stored from when they were caterpillars.