PHOTOGRAPH BY CHRISTIAN ZIEGLER FOR MAX-PLANCK INSITUTE FOR ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR Compared to most other insects, death’s-head hawkmoths are ... Wikelski was able to fly the Cessna 172 while his ...

As they fly, they move along a remarkably ... But advances in technology have considerably shrunk the size of animal-tracking radio tags, and death’s-head hawkmoths—with their wingspan of ...

They have finger-like projections on one end, no legs, and don’t have a head ... Crane fly larvae are part of the natural ecosystem, which means they’re food for some animals and insects ...

The moths not only fly along a straight path ... Wikelski says. Like many animals, death’s-head hawkmoths will probably move north in search of cooler temperatures, he suspects.

Now, an international team of scientists have observed a blow fly successfully living in disguise ... The mask includes a non-functional head adorned with antennae and palps–forward appendages ...