Fox Skull and Acherontia Atropos Death Head Moth in a Dome bird_skeleton_dome perhaps due to the tetrahedral

perhaps due to the tetrahedral (diamond-like) structural arrangement of the scales or diffraction from overlying cell layers

Heterometreus spinifer form Malaysia

Russia and South East Asia

Mounted on Amethist Crystal

lantern fly

Fox Skull and Acherontia Atropos Death Head Moth in a Dome bird_skeleton_dome perhaps due to the tetrahedralSpecies Name: Red Fox and Acherontia Atropos Common Name: Red Fox and Death Head Moth Origins: China and Russia Size: 7" diam. base x 7" Made in Australia These moths are easily distinguishable by the vaguely human skull shaped pattern of markings on the thorax. Death Head Moths have the ability to emit a loud squeak if irritated. The sound is produced by expelling air from the pharynx, often accompanied by flashing of the brightly colored abdomen in