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Death's Head Hawk Moth

Acherontia atropos

Photo by Dan Doucette
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

fat, lime green, diagonal black/white stripes with a black dot, little tail

Habitat:

rainforest near hot springs

Notes:

I spotted this in Mount Makiling Rainforest park on the island of Luzon.

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Acherontia atropos

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Comments (7)
HeatherMiller
The colors are awesome..I love the purples and greens.
Dan Doucette
Thanks for the comments and your imaginative observation Carolina!
Carolina
Wow Dan, it looks like a basset hound made of Play Doh! Although the head looks like a parrot.
Dan Doucette
Thanks rivu for the ID. It has such a cool common name too!

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