Common Name: Death Head Moth

Normal cicadas have clear wings and brown bodies whereas these are very brightly coloured

Origin: Tropical Asia and Madagascar

perhaps due to the tetrahedral (diamond-like) structural arrangement of the scales or diffraction from overlying cell layers

Green Damselflies in a frame real_snake Common Name: Death Head MothA beautiful pair of Damselflies with iridescent green colored wings. Interesting fact about damselflies is that there were here long before many other species, more than 300 million years ago! In the past some of them were as big as a hawk. They are also excellent predators and prey on mosquitoes. What not to love about them? Many damselflies have elaborate courtship behaviors. These are designed to show off the male's distinctive characteristics,