Moth Drinking Tears From the Eye of a Sleeping Bird

Leandro João Carneiro de Lima Moraes, a Brazilian researcher from the National Institute of Amazonian Research, has documented an erebid moth feeding on the tears of a black-chinned antbird. This behavior is called “lachryphagy.” To feed in this way, moths gently insert their straw-like proboscis into the eyes of their unwary hosts, sucking out the nutrient-laden tears.



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