fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 15 hours agoIt ain't much, but it's a livin'mander.xyzimagemessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1523arrow-down115
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minus-squareshneancy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50·15 hours agohow do they get the energy to lay new eggs? or grow into full sized moths?
minus-squareStrawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 hours agoThey eat nonstop and get fat as caterpillars, then spend most of their energy metamorphosing, and then the rest is for fucking and sucking
minus-squarealteredEnvoylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up69·14 hours agoWikipedia says they eat enough as caterpillars and do not eat as adults
minus-squareIndiBrony@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45·14 hours agoCan relate: Got really fat during my 20s and now I’m losing it all 👍
minus-squareNeatoBuilds@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 hours agoJust a regular Sunday night, laying eggs
minus-squarerockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·13 hours agoThey get energy from drinking the tears of Dark Souls players who have to fight it as a boss
minus-squareQuetzalcutlass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 hours agoIt’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.
minus-squarelazynooblet@lazysoci.allinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 hours agoI was thinking the same thing. And you got an answer too. Cheers 🥂
how do they get the energy to lay new eggs? or grow into full sized moths?
They eat nonstop and get fat as caterpillars, then spend most of their energy metamorphosing, and then the rest is for fucking and sucking
Wikipedia says they eat enough as caterpillars and do not eat as adults
Can relate: Got really fat during my 20s and now I’m losing it all 👍
Lots of egg laying?
Just a regular Sunday night, laying eggs
With the boys
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.
I was thinking the same thing. And you got an answer too. Cheers 🥂