six-spot burnet
sygaena filipendulae latin

Many moths species are recorded including the Six-spot Burnet.

Also seen are the day-flying moths such as Six-spot Burnet and Cinnabar.

In contrast, the peucedanoid form is similar to the Six-spot Burnet (Zygaena filipendulae).

I want you to look out for some special moths for me - another day-flying one like the Six-Spot Burnet you saw the other day.

Six-spot Burnet (Zygaena filipendulae)

Scabious flowers are nectar rich and attract a variety of insects including moths and butterflies such as the Six-spot Burnet.

The Six-spot Burnet, Zygaena filipendulae, is a day-flying moth of the family Zygaenidae.

Moths in the genus Zygaena (family Zygaenidae, see for example Six-spot Burnet)

Insects to be found include damselfly, dingy skipper, grasshopper, grayling, ringlet, six-spot burnet moth and small copper.

'This is a Six-Spot Burnet Day-Flying Moth,' he said, speaking slowly as if he were addressing a very small child.

There is a colony of Six-spot Burnet (Zygaena filipendulae) here and in the past Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) nested.

It is rare or absent from Britain, the Netherlands and Belgium, where related species include the similarly aposematic Five-spot Burnet and the Six-spot Burnet.

The plant is an important nectar source for many insects and is also used as a larval food plant by many species of Lepidoptera such as Six-spot Burnet.

Nuptial gifts are widespread in insects such as the six-spot burnet (Zygaena filipendulae), and comprise food items or glandular products offered as paternal investment in offspring and/or to promote mating.