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minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·10 months 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-up40·10 months ago Energy is from fat stores created while a caterpillar. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_moth
minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·edit-210 months agoOh that makes so much sense. I completely forgot about metamorphosis.
minus-squarenonfuinoncuro@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoGOD dammit I almost forgot about 177013
minus-squareKedly@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoI was in the same boat, thank you for asking my first thought as well xD
minus-squarepopcap200@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months 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.