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Death's Head hawkmoth

Acherontia lachesis

Description:

the "skull" is supposed to resemble a bee - these moths raid bee-hives for honey.

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3 Comments

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

sure it does :) thanks jgorneau !!

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Amazing! The "skull" bee mimic looks like a clown face to me!

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

the "skull" is supposed to resemble a bee - these moths raid bee-hives for honey. not poisonous as i know Chief.

NuwanChathuranga
Spotted by
NuwanChathuranga

Alawwa, Sri Lanka

Spotted on Jun 24, 2012
Submitted on Jun 24, 2012

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