This is somewhat common for various bugs.
Hooman: What is the purpose of life???
Luna moth: You stupid mammal
What letter is the black blob covering?
I think it’s a ‘q’.
Or ‘ra’, it’s a petrol moth.
how do they get the energy to lay new eggs? or grow into full sized moths?
I was thinking the same thing. And you got an answer too. Cheers 🥂
They get energy from drinking the tears of Dark Souls players who have to fight it as a boss
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?
Relatable
fuck
I came, I fucked, I died.
I came, I fucked, I came again, I died.
Seeing them in person is surreal, they look so amazing up close.
Aren’t cicadas the same?
Lots of metamorphic bugs do this. Even the ones that eat as adults often die that same year, after 3-20 years as a larva.
