“Sphingid ceratonia, maybe. Agent Starling, meet Mr. Acherontia styx.” – Roden, The Silence of the Lambs ... Movie Quotes Database

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A scene from The Silence of the Lambs 1991

Roden

Sphingid ceratonia, maybe. [cuts open cocoon] Agent Starling, meet Mr. Acherontia styx.

Pilcher

Weird.

Roden

Better known to his friends as the Death's-head moth.

In this scene

Pilcher Paul Lazar

Roden Dan Butler

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