Man, caterpillar heaven looks pretty rad.
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Submitted 2 years ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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NounsAndWords@lemmy.world 2 years ago
FrostyCaveman@lemm.ee 2 years ago
Think I killed one of these in Dark Souls
rockerface@lemm.ee 2 years ago
Got a cool magic spear from it, too
Gabu@lemmy.world 2 years ago
PRAISE THE
SUNLAMP!\ 🦋 /
abfarid@startrek.website 2 years 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 2 years ago
They will just mate nonstop
MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 2 years ago
mp3@lemmy.ca 2 years ago
His name is Buck
androogee@midwest.social 2 years ago
Mfw butterflies don’t have feet
Wiggle_Hard@hilariouschaos.com 2 years ago
Some people made this a lifestyle
morrowind@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
Also see: mayfly
TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 2 years ago
Has anyone bothered to ask if they have other interests?
inverted_deflector@startrek.website 2 years 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 2 years ago
You sure “years” isn’t a stretch? Non-rhetorical, I thought it was months at best.
inverted_deflector@startrek.website 2 years 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 2 years ago
Also getting combined with glowshrooms for invisibility potions
rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de 2 years ago
Pretty normal lifestyle for many lifeforms.
Kuori@hexbear.net 2 years ago
same tbh
D61@hexbear.net 2 years ago
pretty much all moths, right?
stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 years ago
if they don’t eat, where do they get the energy to create offspring?
figaro@lemdro.id 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago
Stored from being a larvae i guess.
ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 2 years 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 2 years ago
I wish the quality of this pic weren’t so awful
radicalautonomy@lemmy.world 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago
The caterpillar stage.
Wikipedia says it’s 6-7 weeks long.
androogee@midwest.social 2 years ago
Become alive. Eat until I literally dissolve into goo. Become alive again. Fuck. Die.
nezbyte@lemmy.world 2 years ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_moth
ilinamorato@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Oh that makes so much sense. I completely forgot it about metamorphosis.
Bezier@suppo.fi 2 years ago
I hear they gather the energy during the caterpillar stage.
popcap200@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
I googled it. They have energy stored from when they were caterpillars.