Arkansas store owner Vikash Chauhan was recently standing outside his shop when he noticed something menacing. At first glance, it seemed like two snakes were peaking behind a wall, looking to jump on passersby.
However, once Chauhan got closer and looked behind the wall, he noticed that those were not snakes. It was actually a rare insect known as a cecropia moth with a wing pattern that looks like the head of a snake.
Chauhan captured the sighting on camera, and it is immediately clear why he believed there were two snakes behind the ball. Until the camera actually shows a moth resting on a wall, there is no way you would think those wings are anything else but a reptile.
The video quickly spread on social media, getting more than 137K likes, and Instagram users shared that they were fooled by the moth’s wings as well.
“Thought it was a two headed snake coming out a hole in the wall,” one person wrote.
Other users pointed out that the pattern on the moth’s wings most likely serves as a defense mechanism. Predators get fooled by the pattern as we did and tend to leave these colorful insects alone.
