Acherontia Genus ______________________________ English - death’s-head hawkmoth German - Totenkopfschwärmer French - le sphinx à tête de mort Spanish - Esfinge de la muerte
Acherontia derives from Acheron, the River of Pain in the underworld __________________________________________________________
"It is regarded not as the creation of a benevolent being, but the device of evil spirits - spirits enemies to man - conceived and fabricated in the dark, and the very shining of its eyes is thought to represent the fiery element whence it is supposed to have proceeded. Flying into their apartments in the evening at times it extinguishes the light; foretelling war, pestilence, hunger, death to man and beast." (Harris, 1840)
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