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[–] shneancy 50 points 13 hours ago (4 children)

how do they get the energy to lay new eggs? or grow into full sized moths?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 hours ago

They eat nonstop and get fat as caterpillars, then spend most of their energy metamorphosing, and then the rest is for fucking and sucking

[–] [email protected] 69 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Wikipedia says they eat enough as caterpillars and do not eat as adults

[–] IndiBrony 46 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Can relate: Got really fat during my 20s and now I'm losing it all 👍

[–] Dagnet 17 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Just a regular Sunday night, laying eggs

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

They get energy from drinking the tears of Dark Souls players who have to fight it as a boss

[–] Quetzalcutlass 6 points 7 hours ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 hours ago

I was thinking the same thing. And you got an answer too. Cheers 🥂