1 wax worm can eat 1.84 mg of plastic per day

Did you know 1 wax worm can eat 1.84 mg (0.000064 ounces) of plastic per day? To digest plastic, their salivary first transforms plastic into other materials, which later can be degraded by microorganisms in their gut. More about plastic-eating worms: https://medium.com/climate-conscious/5-plastic-eating-worms-3eace65e4bce

A wax worm is between 0.5 and 2.5 cm (0.2–1 inch) long (credit: murat photographer on Shutterstock)