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[โ€“] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 64 points 1 year ago (8 children)

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.

[โ€“] popcap200@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

I googled it. They have energy stored from when they were caterpillars.

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