This amazing, sped up clip shows the wings expanding on a freshly emerged Death's-head Hawk-moth (Acherontia atropos)! 😮 Thanks to James O'Neill for the footage. | Butterfly Conservation

Have you ever seen a Death's-Head Hawk-moth caterpillar? #MothsMatter The Death’s-head Hawk-moth is the bad boy of the moth world. Strikingly large and rather rare in the UK; only a handful make it over from the Continent each autumn. https://butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blog/meet-the-deaths-head-hawk-moth | Butterfly Conservation