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Death's Head Hawkmoth
Acherontia atropos
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Lesser Death's Head HawkmothAcherontia styx
Greater Death's Head HawkmothAcherontia lachesis
Convolvulus HawkmothAgrius convolvuli
Privet HawkmothSphinx ligustri
Fulvous HawkCoelonia fulvinotata
Oleander HawkmothDaphnis nerii
Carolina SphinxManduca sexta
Elephant HawkmothDeilephila elpenor
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 5,076 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 5,076 |
| France | 789 |
| Spain | 763 |
| South Africa | 659 |
| Italy | 615 |
| Portugal | 388 |
| Occitanie | 266 |
| Western Cape | 251 |
| Nord-Ovest | 248 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Group and habits
- Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | Butterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera |
| Family | Sphinx Moths · Sphingidae |
| Genus | Death's-head Hawkmoths · Acherontia |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Death's Head Hawkmoth with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.