While hiking in Rila mountain next to the breathtaking views we had
fabulously colourful encounters with small and tiny representatives from
the butterfly/bug/caterpillar family...So please meet the hummingbird
hawk-moth (also known as "humming moth" or "гълъбова опашка" in
Bulgarian and "Taubenschwänzchen" in German). When you look at the wings
of this butterfly (yep, its part of the butterfly family) you will
instantly know why its call that way:-)
While I was checking online its
names in different languages I found some interesting facts about it.
The humming moth is supposed to recognise colours pretty well, it
recognise the yellow and blue nuances pretty well, however he humming
moth can not tell the difference btween the black and the red. It flies
in sunshine, but also at dusk, dawn and even in rain which is pretty
rare for hawkmoths. And the third picture could be its larvae, we did
not ask though:-) the last stranger we met was so great colour, we
forgot to ask for his/her name during the photohooting, if anyone knows,
pls tell me!
