Lonicera caprifolium (Tuoksuköynnöskuusama)

One of the most common creepers in our gardens. The flowers have a very pleasant odor, which gets stronger during the night. The plant has a very smart reason to smell more at night. The nectar is located so deep inside the flower that the day active bees have no change to suck it. But in dusk flying hawk moths have a tongue long enough both to suck the nectar and pollinate the flower. In June there can be lots of colorful and large hawk moths flying around L.caprifolium, a real hot spot fo a butterfly collector. Also a caterpillar of one hawk moth, Hemaris fuciformis, feed often on this plant.