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Death's Head Hawkmoth

Photo: @anna_98 · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC

Insects and other invertebrates

Death's Head Hawkmoth

Acherontia atropos

Observations in the area
3
Last sighting
26 December 2023
Category
Insects and other invertebrates
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The species

Acherontia atropos (African death's head hawkmoth) is the most widely known of the three species of death's-head hawkmoth. Acherontia species are notorious for a vaguely skull-shaped pattern on the thorax.

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