Butterfly and bee drink crocodile tears La Selva, Costa Rica

A Julia butterfly (Dryas iulia) and a solitary bee (Centris sp. ) sip tears from the eyes of spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus) on Costa Rica s Puerto Viejo River. Filmed by ecologist Carlos de la Rosa, Director of the La Selva Biological Research Station, in December 2013. Carlos L de la Rosa (2014) Additional observations of lachryphagous butterflies and bees. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 12(4): 210