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Six-Spot Burnet Moth

DateSun 2011-01-23

From last summer: a newly-emerged six-spot burnet moth, Zygaena filipendulae (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae) clinging to a grass stalk.  I could tell the moth was newly-emerged because just a few centimetres further down the stalk was the pupa case it had emerged from:

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-07-11.

AuthorTristram Brelstaff | CommentPost a Comment |
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