Taxidermy - Deaths Head Moth

Taxidermy: Death’s Head Hawk Moth in frame. The specimen on red mount board. The moth (Acherontia atropos) famous for having what appears to be a skull on it’s thorax, and for featuring in the film ‘Silence of the Lambs’. Of horror interest. Frame measures 28.3cms x 23.2cms x 6cms In The Silence of the Lambs, the death's-head hawk moth, with its skull-like marking on its thorax, is a key symbol representing Buffalo Bill's obsession with transformation and metamorphosis.