What do Mothra, Battra, and Mothra Leo all eat?

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What do Mothra, Battra, and Mothra Leo all eat?

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Most of the kaiju in the Godzillaverse are carnivorous, but there are some exceptions like Kong and Hedorah. The diet of Mothra, her son Mothra Leo, and her brother Battra has come into mind to me recently. What do they eat? Since Battra is Mothra's dark twin is he one of those rare meat eating caterpillars? Is Mothra herself vegan? If so, does that make her son vegan as well?

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I was gonna say they don't eat anything, they're gods but

1. gods do eat (look at all the feasts in myths)
2. Mothra vs Godzilla flat out says the larva will cause chaos looking for food.

So this is a good question, actually.

I feel like they'd be herbivores. Battra strikes me as a "unnatural natural being" that probably live off mana instead of food.
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I think they just feast of off Earth's mana supply like Soggy said
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Mothra feeds on the tears of all the other monsters that didn't get get to come back in later eras.

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My guess is: The larva eat vegetation, the adults eat nothing, they are sustained on their worshippers' zeal and artificial light.

So, trees and lamps.
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To have lamp, you must become lamp.
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GmkGoji wrote:To have lamp, you must become lamp.
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They eat Godzilla's winter clothing.

Which is why you never see Godzilla out in any warm clothing on even in Son of Godzilla, Godzilla Raids Again, King Kong Vs Godzilla, Godzilla: Final Wars or Godzilla: King of The Monsters (2019).

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Leo is so dang fluffy. They eat Sweaters.
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Mothra likely eats plants. In M vs G, Mothra's final weapon is a poison powder shed from the wings. Real caterpillars eat toxic plants, which causes them to develop poison scales on their wings as adults. It's coincidence more than likely, but would back up Mothra having a plant diet. Mothra Leo, though, probably feeds on Earth energy. It seemed to be doing so when it cocooned on the tree.
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Trees.








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Jeff-Goldblum2 wrote:They eat Godzilla's winter clothing.

Which is why you never see Godzilla out in any warm clothing on even in Son of Godzilla, Godzilla Raids Again, King Kong Vs Godzilla, Godzilla: Final Wars or Godzilla: King of The Monsters (2019).

Is this the symbiotic relationship they have?


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Showa Mothra probably eats plants, same with S.O.S Mothra because they’re essentially the same being. Heisei Mothra probably doesn’t need to eat physical matter, same with Battra, Leo, and GMK Mothra. Monsterverse Mothra likely feeds on radiation, same as the rest of the titans.
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