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minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up62·2 年前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.
minus-squarenezbyte@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up58·2 年前 Energy is from fat stores created while a caterpillar. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_moth
minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·edit-22 年前Oh that makes so much sense. I completely forgot about metamorphosis.
minus-squareKedly@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 年前I was in the same boat, thank you for asking my first thought as well xD
minus-squarenonfuinoncuro@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 年前GOD dammit I almost forgot about 177013
minus-squareBezier@suppo.filinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 年前I hear they gather the energy during the caterpillar stage.
minus-squarepopcap200@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 年前I 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.
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.