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    (c) Jose Neto, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Paolo Mazzei, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Death's Head Hawkmoth

Acherontia atropos

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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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