A quick drawing I did today. 🤗

A dancing caterpillar of the brown-tail moth (Euproctis chrysorrhoea). 🐛🎵
It's German name is Goldafter. 💩💰😅 Hairs from those caterpillars are toxic for humans. They cause an itchy rash! ☠ At the moment, there are many in the bushes along the railway tracks, which they eat bare.
Music: "Shrimp Rich" by septahelix (2019 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0)

I haven't seen many animals on my way from Hidroeléctrica to Aguas Calientes. It already was dusk when I almost reached my destination. That's the time of owl butterflies! They are pretty large (65 - 200 mm). The name comes from those eye spots on their wings. Do you know the purpose of those spots?

Did you know about some moth,
that they get shelter by the sloth?
But also every butterfly,
is a welcome flutter-by!
(03/2019)

Sloth fur harbors a diverse ecosystem of insects and algae including some species which are exclusively found in sloth fur. They are living in symbiosis, each species benefits from the other. The sloth moth eats the algae, the algae lives from the moth feces. The algae supplements the sloth's nutrient-poor diet of leaves.

Hummingbird hawk-moth,
Macroglossum stellaratum
(06/2017 in Oberursel, Germany)

Although we don't have hummingbirds in Europe, some are spotted sometimes. Due to their fast wing movements this diurnal moth looks very big in flight. The moth performs hummingbird-like flight maneuvers and makes an impressive sound. They are migratory butterflies and spend the summer in northern Eurasia. In winter, they fly to southern Eurasia and North Africa. There are also transition areas with permanent habitat. However, the borders are shifting due to global warming.

Messengers
(Created 11/2007)

Virtual Butterfly Effect
(Created 06/2008)