death's-head moth

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death's-head moth

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a European hawk moth, Acherontia atropos, having markings resembling a human skull on its upper thorax

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death's-head moth - European hawkmoth with markings on the back resembling a human skull

Acherontia atropos

hawk moth, hawkmoth, hummingbird moth, sphingid, sphinx moth - any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed

Acherontia, genus Acherontia - death's-head moth

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Acherontia
Acherontia atropos
family Sphingidae
genus Acherontia
hawk moth

hawkmoth
hummingbird moth
sphingid
Sphingidae
sphinx moth

These shifty images behave like good psychological tests should: now resembling hieroglyphics, now death's-head moths, diminutive horseshoe crabs, fossils, or the alphabet of a race of beetle-beings from Pluto.

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