 Variations in the "Death's head" pattern The name Death's head hawkmoth usually refers to one of the two species (A. atropos and A. styx) of moth in the Acherontia genus. Found throughout the Middle East and the Mediterranean region, and increasingly as far north as southern Great Britain due to recently mild British winters, this moth is easily distinguishable by a skull-shaped pattern on its back. The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species continuing to survive. ...
The Acherontia atropos (Deaths Head) moth. ...
Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ...
Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Bilateria Acoelomorpha Orthonectida Rhombozoa Myxozoa Superphylum Deuterostomia Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ...
Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - Trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - Spiders, Scorpions, etc. ...
Orders Subclass Apterygota Symphypleona - globular springtails Subclass Archaeognatha (jumping bristletails) Subclass Dicondylia Monura - extinct Thysanura (common bristletails) Subclass Pterygota Diaphanopteroidea - extinct Palaeodictyoptera - extinct Megasecoptera - extinct Archodonata - extinct Ephemeroptera (mayflies) Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) Infraclass Neoptera Blattodea (cockroaches) Mantodea (mantids) Isoptera (termites) Zoraptera Grylloblattodea Dermaptera (earwigs) Plecoptera (stoneflies) Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets...
Families About 130 - see text The Lepidoptera is the second largest order of insects comprising butterflies, skippers, and moths. ...
Genera Macroglossinae Smerinthinae Sphinginae etc. ...
In biology, a species is a kind of organism. ...
Various Deaths head patternts on the Acherontia atropos moth. ...
Various Deaths head patternts on the Acherontia atropos moth. ...
Lepidopteran on a flower. ...
A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ...
The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. ...
A Hippopotamuss skull A skull, or cranium, is a bony structure of vertebrates which serves as the general framework for a head. ...
The skull pattern has helped the moth earn a negative reputation, such as associations with the supernatural and evil, and was featured in the movies Silence of the Lambs and Un Chien Andalou. Numerous superstitions also claim that the moth brings bad luck to the house it flies into. Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins in the film version The Silence of the Lambs is a novel by Thomas Harris, his second to feature sociopath psychiatrist and cannibal Dr. Hannibal Lecter. ...
Un chien andalou (An Andalusian Dog in English) is a surrealist short film (16 min. ...
Superstition is a set of behaviors that are related to magical thinking, whereby the practitioner believes that the future, or the outcome of certain events, can be influenced by certain specified behaviors. ...
The moth also has numerous other unique features, such as an ability to emit a loud squeak if irritated, and is commonly observed raiding beehives for honey. There is some contradiction in reports on whether the moth is able to enter a hive and feed undisturbed, or meets resistance and fights using its wings, usually being defeated. Domesticated honeybees are kept in beehives. ...
The A. atropos is also very large, with a wingspan of 90-130mm, being the largest moth in some of the regions it is found in.
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