Yellowjacketscant get enough animal imagery.
The bees a given have been joined by bears, birds, even frogs in the shows three seasons.
Its the Deaths-head hawkmoth.
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The moths scientific name is a call tomythologyand death.
The genus Acherontia comes from Acheron, one of the rivers surrounding the Greek Underworld.
The Moirai are three sisters who weave the fabric of life and death.
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Clotho spins the fabric of life.
Lachesis decides how long the thread should go.
And Atropos cuts the fabric at its end.Atropos is most directly associated with death.
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InYellowjackets,the introduction of this moth does spur a trinity.
Could Kodi be the key?
In beehives.All three species of this moth raid beehives by mimicking the scent of the bees.
A wildly talented high school girls’ soccer team become the unlucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the Canadian wilderness.
Its speculated that the chirp these moths can make might mimic the sound vibrations of a Queen bee.
With this disguise, they can eat all the honey from the hive, sometimes without being detected.
While they may never attack the bees, this often leads to casualties.
Sometimes, the disturbance can even take down a hive.
Who or What Does This Moth Represent in ‘Yellowjackets’?
Meaning, someone pulled towards something dangerous even fatal with little ability to stop themselves.
ButYellowjacketsis rarely specific in its mythology or allusions without purpose.
If nothing else,Kodis disdain for the wilderness troupe is hardly subtle.
The inside of Kodis jacket is labeled, Erik Cheung.
Or, Kodi was a very good red herring.
Melissa uses flame in a way, plugging her fireplace to smoke the metaphorical beehive.
In this episode,Shauna twirls that lock of hair in her makeshift bed.
Hannah is both a foil and a parallel to Shauna.
She’s who Shaunamighthave been without the plane crash.
Hannah could very well be the moth in bee’s clothing.
A schism between the remaining teens had already happened.
All that’s left is for official factions to form.
Hannah could very well become the head of one of these schisms.
This might inspire loyalty, but even without that, it gives Hannah control.
They’re all the same color, length, and texture.
Hannah has spent a lot of time lording over frogs.
It was justus."
But she responds, “Is there a difference?”
Perhaps the moths exist only to Shauna.
