how do they get the energy to lay new eggs? or grow into full sized moths?
They get energy from drinking the tears of Dark Souls players who have to fight it as a boss
It’s too bad they didn’t make the Moonlight Butterflies in the Crystal Caves hostile. Imagine the player tears after having to navigate narrow invisible walkways while dodging laser spam.
fuck
I came, I fucked, I died.
if I were this fabulous I also wouldn’t waste precious time eating or shitting when i could be fucking.
Seeing them in person is surreal, they look so amazing up close.
Aren’t cicadas the same?
No, these are moths.
Could they add a mouth and digestive system through DNA editing?
Probably not, they’re terrible at DNA editing.
They do have a mouth, but it’s like our appendix. It doesn’t do anything.
Ok. Still could use some crisper magic to give it some sustenance for a longer life
And then it takes over the world, Sam. Is that what you want to happen?
There are billions of uglier things we could be subjects to
The slutterfly shall inherit the world.
They get even cooler. When they’re larva they straight up vomit at predators.
As defense mechanisms, larvae emit clicks as a warning and can also regurgitate intestinal contents, confirmed as having a deterrent effect on a variety of predators
So they just… f*ck off and die.