If you’ve never heard of ‘hair pencils’ before, feast your eyes on the bizarre Creatonotos gangis. This moth takes courtship so seriously, it spreads its pheromones using enormous, inflatable ...

If you’re in the Halloween mood and looking for a good scare, check out the Creatonotos ... the c. gangis moth. A study published in the scientific journal PLOS One revealed that flying insect ...

(Really, it is.) Now we can add to the list of incredibly creepy crawlies the Creatonotos gangis, or the insect that looks like a brain-infecting alien parasite. The thing you’re looking at ...

It has since been revealed to be a Creatonotos gangis moth, which is found in Australia and parts of Asia. And it’s a lot bigger and more angry-looking than the moths you might find flying ...

Gary Hevel, a researcher with the department of entomology at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, said the insect is known as a Creatonotos gangis moth. Hevel said in an email ...

As it turns out, none of those are correct. This moth is inflating his scent gland. Creatonotos gangis is a species of moth that lives in Southeast Asia and parts of Australia. Most of the time it ...

However, it was revealed the creature is actually a Creatonotos gangis moth. The four hairy tentacles are actually scent organs found on the abdomens of males and when inflated are used to produce ...

It appears to have the body of a moth with four tendrils on its abdomen. The creature in the video is a Creatonotos gangis moth, a species of arctiine moth found in Southeast Asia and Australia.

Others suggested it was like a weird Pokemon. As reported by the Cairns Post, the insect is actually a Creatonotos Gangis moth native to Australia and South East Asia. The terrifying posterior ...

First, the bad news: It's real. The moth is called Creatonotos gangis, and it lives in parts of Southeast Asia and Australia. Now, the good news: The moth in the video is likely looking for love. (We ...