Even casuarina moth caterpillars, which eat beefwood leaves so voraciously, live for less than two months. Although the trees may not be able to function as windbreaks and shade givers during this period, they have plenty of time to recover during the nine months the insects spend as eggs.
就連貪食木麻黃的黑角舞蛾，幼蟲只有不到兩個月生命期，這段時間，木麻黃雖無力為人們防風、遮陽，但蟲子有長達九個月的卵塊期，木麻黃也就得到喘息。