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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.
The caterpillar stage. Wikipedia says that's 6-7 weeks long.
Become alive. Eat until I literally dissolve into goo. Become alive again. Fuck. Die.
Energy is from fat stores created while a caterpillar.
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.