| 6 Spot Burnet Moth | |
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Taken at Barns Ness
on 18th July 2021 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode.
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| Taken at Tyninghame Bay on 7th July 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. | |
| Taken at Tentsmuir Forest on 21st July 2021 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. | |
| Taken at Claddach, Islay on 14th July 2017 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode | |
| Caterpillar. Taken at Tyninghame Bay on 9th June 2019 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode. |
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| 6 Spot Burnet Moth. |
| Species: Order: Family: Local names: |
Zygaena
filipendulae. Lepidoptera. Zygaenidae. |
| Larval Food: Adult Food: Wingspan: Description: Habitat: Flies/Found: |
Common Bird's-foot Trefoil, but also on
Greater Bird's-foot Trefoil Field scabious, meadow knapweed and creeping thistle, 30 - 36mm The fore wings are dark metallic green with six vivid red spots (sometimes the spots are merged causing possible confusion with other species such as the five-spot burnet). Occasionally, the spots are yellow or even black. The hind wings are red with a blackish fringe Flowery grassland. Daytime. June - August. |