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TerraPlaza Magazine

Eastern Death’s-head hawkmoth, Acherontia styx

Acherontia styx: the honey-loving hawkmoth

Acherontia styx is an Asian hawkmoth that can mimic the scent of bees to enter hives and feed on honey.

Sensory legs

Despite their frightening appearance, whip-spiders or tailless whip-scorpions are completely harmless to humans. They owe their name to their characteristic sensory appendages, which most closely resemble a whip. This is an extremely sensitive part of their body, used primarily for orientation, as well as for sensing their environment, their prey, and even for recognising one another.

Can it really fly?

Did you know that Ptychozoon kuhli is capable of flying? Of course, not in the literal sense of the word. Along the sides of the animal runs a lobed membrane. With the help of this structure, it is able to glide through the air for short periods while travelling from one point to another. It also derives

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