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Death's-head Hawkmoth

Acherontia lachesis

Description:

a large Sphingid moth, with a distinct "skull" pattern on its upper thorax. A very fond lover of bee honey , hence named as the 'Bee Robber'. a pretty much nocturnal moth with a insanely fast wing beat!

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3 Comments

ceherzog
ceherzog 10 years ago

Yikes! Happy Halloween, eh?

SachindraUmesh
SachindraUmesh 10 years ago

=D =D this was just pointed out to me by one of our neighbors =D

Chamalka Dulmini
Chamalka Dulmini 10 years ago

so beautiful!I have never seen it before!

SachindraUmesh
Spotted by
SachindraUmesh

Sri Lanka

Spotted on Oct 2, 2013
Submitted on Oct 31, 2013

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