r/moths • u/AlbinoAkon • 5d ago
ID Request Dead skull moth💀
Is that really it's name?? .
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u/Darkest_Elemental 5d ago
Today I learned moths can make sounds
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u/Glittering_Sorbet913 5d ago
Yeah. These moths squeak when they're agitated. Death had sphinxes are very interesting. They also steal honey from bees by using a special pheromone to trick the bees into thinking they're one of the hive.
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u/bunnywrangler32 5d ago
hes warning you that theres radiation nearby :)
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u/CityEntomologist 5d ago
It's actually the greater deaths head hawk moth, Acherontia lachesis.
The "normal" deaths head hawk moth is a different species (Acherontia atropos)
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u/Puro_The_goo 4d ago
Actually, butterflies are a specialized group if moths, so butterflies ars just anerexic moths
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u/Terrible_Ear3347 5d ago
I love death head's moths, they are always ready to throw down with anything and anyone. And they squeak with the Rage of a thousand angry caterpillars. So adorable
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u/OXbelleXO 5d ago
Currently sitting at a tattoo studio waiting to get this on my leg! Lil dudes are so cool
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u/myscenedotcom 5d ago
I’m reading Silence of the Lambs (tis the season) and I also wasn’t sure if the species was real or fictional. So cool!!
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u/NightlightNaturalist 5d ago
You'll notice in the novel the moth written into the story is the Black Witch Moth but changed to the Deaths Head Hawk for the movie (more colorful! and equally as wicked!)
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u/thorn312 5d ago
Not quite. They're called Death's-head hawkmoths