Working Hard for a Meal

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0bkDhKeeQ4

Thanks to the former student, who sent me the link.

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3 Comments

  1. Jonathan Losos

    Presumably the green anole didn’t catch this moth, which suggests that it was scavenging. Anoles are generally thought to be attracted to movement as a stimulus for feeding behavior, though there are some exceptions, so this is quite interesting.

  2. Yoel Stuart

    Interesting habitat. Pine needles in the background suggest some sort of pine forest but I also see some ?palm fronds?. Where is this?
    Also, I guess the hard earned moth meal was still energetically more beneficial than those ants crawling in the background.

  3. Robert Powell

    The video was shot in September 2007 at Chichi-jima, one of the Ogasawara Islands. The moth is Thyas coronata. The video’s description states that the anole caught the moth while the moth was mating.

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