Man, caterpillar heaven looks pretty rad.
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Submitted 5 weeks ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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NounsAndWords@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
FrostyCaveman@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Think I killed one of these in Dark Souls
rockerface@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Got a cool magic spear from it, too
Gabu@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
PRAISE THE
SUNLAMP!\ 🦋 /
abfarid@startrek.website 5 weeks ago
What happens if we put them on IV? How long will they last? Will they go full Mr. Meeseeks? What are you doing over there, scientist?! We need answers!
variants@possumpat.io 5 weeks ago
They will just mate nonstop
MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
mp3@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
His name is Buck
androogee@midwest.social 5 weeks ago
Mfw butterflies don’t have feet
Wiggle_Hard@hilariouschaos.com 5 weeks ago
Some people made this a lifestyle
morrowind@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
Also see: mayfly
TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 5 weeks ago
Has anyone bothered to ask if they have other interests?
inverted_deflector@startrek.website 5 weeks ago
A lot of insects live for years as their “larval” or nymph form and then come out into the more recognizable “adult form” just to mate and die. In a lot of ways their larval form is their actual form with their adult lifestage being just a flash in the pan to continue the species.
orphiebaby@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
You sure “years” isn’t a stretch? Non-rhetorical, I thought it was months at best.
inverted_deflector@startrek.website 5 weeks ago
Cicadas can stay underground for up to 17 years for example and dragon fly larva live 2 years just to come out of the water and grow wings for a few months.
ezchili@iusearchlinux.fyi 5 weeks ago
Also getting combined with glowshrooms for invisibility potions
rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de 5 weeks ago
Pretty normal lifestyle for many lifeforms.
Kuori@hexbear.net 5 weeks ago
same tbh
D61@hexbear.net 5 weeks ago
pretty much all moths, right?
stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
if they don’t eat, where do they get the energy to create offspring?
figaro@lemdro.id 5 weeks ago
Good question, it all actually comes from the great predecessor moth who imbued its children with the energy needed to carry on for generations. This singular imbuement of life has carried them for the last four thousand years, and it is unknown when it will run out. When that time comes, the Luna moth will be no more.
D61@hexbear.net 5 weeks ago
The larvae is where they do nothing but eat and grow and eat some more. Then they turn into flying sex organs.
MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 5 weeks ago
Stored from being a larvae i guess.
ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
Hey look it’s me, not eating because depressed but also doing the very healthy thing of engaging in too many dating apps to find sex…
orphiebaby@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
I wish the quality of this pic weren’t so awful
radicalautonomy@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Who would win? ![A beautiful drawing my ex made] (lemmy.world/…/58303d59-9338-4bf3-971b-ce447d8d5d2…), or one sullen, spiky boi?
ilinamorato@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
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.
Pyro@programming.dev 5 weeks ago
The caterpillar stage.
Wikipedia says it’s 6-7 weeks long.
androogee@midwest.social 5 weeks ago
Become alive. Eat until I literally dissolve into goo. Become alive again. Fuck. Die.
nezbyte@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_moth
ilinamorato@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Oh that makes so much sense. I completely forgot it about metamorphosis.
Bezier@suppo.fi 5 weeks ago
I hear they gather the energy during the caterpillar stage.
popcap200@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
I googled it. They have energy stored from when they were caterpillars.