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Death's-head Hawk moth caterpillar

Acherontia atropos

Description:

A large green Death's-head Hawk moth caterpillar, spotted foraging on a tree tobacco (Nicotiana glauca), near Iolkos settlement (suburb), Volos city, Greece. Acherontia atropos is a very common Greek moth species, and is one of the largest moth species that occure in the country.

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2 Comments

And really huge, dear Christos Maroulis :)

ChristosMaroulis
ChristosMaroulis 9 years ago

Beautiful and strange!! :-)

Δήμος Βόλου, Περιφέρεια Θεσσαλίας, Greece

Spotted on Oct 20, 2014
Submitted on Oct 20, 2014

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