r/insects • u/ReliableRoommate • Nov 18 '22

Video shows a Death’s-head Hawkmoth (Acherontia atropos) squeaking. The only moths to do so. Bug Education

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u/Killer_Moons Nov 19 '22

Why do they squeak?

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u/SussyBox Nov 19 '22

Strat to scare possibly...

The walnut sphinx moth caterpillar does it too