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.
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inverted_deflector@startrek.website 1 month ago
orphiebaby@lemm.ee 1 month ago
You sure “years” isn’t a stretch? Non-rhetorical, I thought it was months at best.
inverted_deflector@startrek.website 1 month 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.
radicalautonomy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Who would win? ![A beautiful drawing my ex made] (lemmy.world/…/58303d59-9338-4bf3-971b-ce447d8d5d2…), or one sullen, spiky boi?
TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 1 month ago
Has anyone bothered to ask if they have other interests?
Kuori@hexbear.net 1 month ago
same tbh
D61@hexbear.net 1 month ago
pretty much all moths, right?
stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
if they don’t eat, where do they get the energy to create offspring?
D61@hexbear.net 1 month 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 1 month ago
Stored from being a larvae i guess.
figaro@lemdro.id 1 month 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.
abfarid@startrek.website 1 month 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 1 month ago
They will just mate nonstop
FrostyCaveman@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Think I killed one of these in Dark Souls
Gabu@lemmy.world 1 month ago
PRAISE THE
SUNLAMP!\ 🦋 /
rockerface@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Got a cool magic spear from it, too
ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 1 month 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…
MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
ezchili@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 month ago
Also getting combined with glowshrooms for invisibility potions
mp3@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
His name is Buck
androogee@midwest.social 1 month ago
Mfw butterflies don’t have feet
rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
Pretty normal lifestyle for many lifeforms.
ilinamorato@lemmy.world 1 month 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.
Bezier@suppo.fi 1 month ago
I hear they gather the energy during the caterpillar stage.
Pyro@programming.dev 1 month ago
The caterpillar stage.
Wikipedia says it’s 6-7 weeks long.
androogee@midwest.social 1 month ago
Become alive. Eat until I literally dissolve into goo. Become alive again. Fuck. Die.
nezbyte@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Energy is from fat stores created while a caterpillar.
ilinamorato@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Oh that makes so much sense. I completely forgot it about metamorphosis.
popcap200@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
I googled it. They have energy stored from when they were caterpillars.
morrowind@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Also see: mayfly
Wiggle_Hard@hilariouschaos.com 1 month ago
Some people made this a lifestyle
NounsAndWords@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Man, caterpillar heaven looks pretty rad.
orphiebaby@lemm.ee 1 month ago
I wish the quality of this pic weren’t so awful