How's this for a hungry caterpillar? 🐛 The caterpillars of the Death's-head Hawk-moth have a taste for Potato, Deadly Nightshade and other members of the Nightshade family. 🥔 In a good immigration year they can be seen in potato fields, pupating underground from August to October. The adult moths are equally as impressive! Learn more about them here 👉 https://butrfli.es/2RBWNGK #MothsMatter | Butterfly Conservation

This amazing, sped up clip shows the wings expanding on a freshly emerged Death's-head Hawk-moth (Acherontia atropos)! 😮 Thanks to James O'Neill for the footage. | Butterfly Conservation

Repost from jumpingspiderlife 🦋💀 Death’s-head hawk moths are easily distinguishable by the vaguely human skull-shaped pattern of markings on the thorax. They are large nocturnal moths with brown and yellow or orange coloring, and all three species are fairly similar in size, coloration and life cycle.The skull-like pattern and its fanciful associations with the supernatural and evil have fostered superstitious fears of Acherontia species, particularly Acherontia atropos, perhaps because it is

6.9M views · 46K reactions | Feeding the deaths head hawk moths  I get a lot of comments saying I’m going to  the moths but I assure you it doesn’t hurt them or stop them from flying! I am feeding the moths fresh honey mixed with water at a ratio of 50/50 and I’ll feed them every other day. They can live for up to 6 weeks #moths | Jumping spider & Moth life | Facebook