The erebid moth Ascalapha odorata, commonly known as the black witch moth, is a large bat-shaped, dark-colored nocturnal moth, ranging from Brazil to the southern United States. It is the largest noctuid in the continental United States. In the folklore of many Central American cultures, it is associated with death or misfortune.
Wikipedia on Erebus odora, as a species
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Origin: Russia
Languages: Russian, English, German, French
1987: born.
1990: officially started learning arts.
2004: founded the CityWatch art/storytelling collaboration (ГорДозор/GorDozor) along with interior design artist Lydia Kheifetz.
2006: the launch of the 1st version of CityWatch website; started writing literature reviews (in Russian) for Mir Fantastiki (Мир Фантастики) magazine.
2011: first time working with Clark Gregg, which kickstarted the process of finding new media and painting techniques.
2015: launched the “Symbiont” comics (limited print, unfinished).
2018: started writing theatre reviews (in Russian) for the porusski.me web magazine; designed the comics for the German band Eisbrecher (the design is included into the deluxe edition of the ‘best of’ album called “Ewiges Eis”); designed the Comic Con poster for the Russian short film “Magic First” (directed by E.Krasner)
2020: became the editor of the ‘Design’ section of porusski.me; designed the art posters for The Dark Dice podcast (by Fool & Scholar productions); designed the t-shirts for the Shadows at the Door podcast.
2021: moved platforms, designed a deck of horror cards for the Shadows at the Door podcast, gave her voice to people on The White Vault podcast (by Fool & Scholar productions) and The Creepy podcast.
2022: hung on, kept faith in humanity, and got off the social media.
2023: added her voice to The Boar Knight podcast (by Fool & Scholar productions); started developing bl is a letter: Dark Russian Folklore podcast.
> we’re here.
