by Blake Newton, UK Extension Entomologist
More insects at Cute Overload!
This image from Cute Overload shows a bunch of butterflies pestering a turtle. The reason: butterflies often flock around sources of salt and other minerals (this is why you often see butteflies hanging around mud puddles, a phenomenon known as "puddling"). The mineral/salt source here is... turtle tears!
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...as opposed to some Noctuid moths (genus Calyptra) that actually gather around large animals to suck their blood...
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