Caption

The spines on the abdomen of the evening peacock moth (Smerinthus ocellata) are a distinctive feature, located on the rearmost, eighth segment of the body. This is therefore also referred to as the ‘anal horn'. Hawkmoths, insects, moths, butterflies, animals, other animals, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date

Aug 07, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Friedhelm Adam

Reference

BRK26H69_021

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

34.3Mb (11.4Mb) / 14.1in x 9.4in / 4238 x 2825 (300dpi)

Keywords

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