Death's Head Hawkmoth by Ken _Gilliland
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
One of the coolest (and creepiest) of the Giant Moths I'm building for this set is the Death's-head Hawkmoth. It's wingspan is 30 mm (5.1 inches). The skull-like pattern on it's back has fostered superstitious fears of the supernatural and evil. The moths' sharp, mouse-like squeaking intensify this perception.
It is nocturnal, and very fond of honey; they can mimic the scent of honey bees so that they can enter a hive unharmed to get honey. Their tongue, which is stout and very strong, enables them to pierce the wax cells and suck the honey out. This species occurs throughout almost the entire Orient, from India, Pakistan and Nepal to the Philippines, and from southern Japan and the southern Russian Far East to Indonesia, where it attacks colonies of several different honey bee species.
Rendered in Poser 2014. Models: Luxury Stateroom (Moyra), Dawn (Hivewire3d), Dawn clothing (3D Universe), Moth (Ken Gilliland)
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Comments (6)
These are so Cool! I love how you poses the lady in the back.
Very effective pov....great creation
Fantastic creation / composition... Wonderfully done once again !!!
wonderful image
This set of moths is so realistic that I will be redoing some of the renders that I haven't posted yet so I can include them!
I had no idea.... what a scary critter... now I have to go look at mine... I mean your moth in my runtime! LOL!
Great scene!!