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Death's-head Hawk moth

Acherontia atropos

Description:

Caterpillar? Lenhth 8-10 centimeters, diameter 1.5 centimeters

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Death's-head Hawk moth
Acherontia atropos Acherontia atropos


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4 Comments

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 9 years ago

Hi Stefan! It is found in Europe in summer. You can see the distribution in the link I provided with the reference. Here's another reference for you:
http://eol.org/pages/868188/maps

stefan.rainer117
stefan.rainer117 9 years ago

Hi daniele, thank you for your fast answer and your relocating. Is this caterpillar typical Living here in Austria/centraleurope?

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 9 years ago

Hi stefan.rainer117, welcome to Project Noah! This is the Death's-head Hawk moth's caterpillar. I have relocated the spotting to the Arthropods category for you.

BarbaraSing
BarbaraSing 9 years ago

Interesting caterpillar.

stefan.rainer117
Spotted by
stefan.rainer117

Kärnten, Austria

Spotted on Sep 7, 2014
Submitted on Sep 7, 2014

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