Creepy Photos Reveal A Different Side History

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Check out this close up view of African death's head hawkmoth. The most widely known of the three species of its kind, the Acherontia species are notorious for that skull-shaped pattern you can vaguely see on the thorax. It has numerous unusual features: It emits a loud squeaking sound from its proboscis if it's irritated. It usually flashing its brightly marked abdomen at its predators.