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Ok. But why?

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According to Wikipedia: β€œOne of the reasons why adults emerge in winter seems to be the absence of predators.” Another reason seems to be reproduction, which is probably why the adult form does not eat. They mate β€œindiscriminately,” apparently. Sounds like a good time.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chionea

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I saw one once! I can’t attach a picture on Lemmy comments?

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You can! You set it up like this:

[](link to your image)

If you put any text inside the brackets, it makes it a hyperlink instead of an image.

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Thanks!! Steezy Fly

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Damn that fly got the steez

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