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Six-spot Burnet

Zygaena filipendulae

Description:

Six-spot Burnet (Zygaena filipendulae), on Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis), Sechsfleckwidderchen oder Blutströpfchen auf Wiesen-Wittwenblume, Grünenmatt, Emmental, Switzerland



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8 Comments

Milind Mangare
Milind Mangare 5 months ago

lovely pair

bayucca
bayucca 10 months ago

Oho! I feel flattered!! Thanks for the very nice compliment and yes, sometimes I am very fast ;-)...

patty
patty 10 months ago

Beautiful spotting Bayucca!
By the way, one of my students told me some minutes ago: "Bayucca is a "genio" (brilliant), he just identified 3 butterflies and REALLY fast!" =)

bayucca
bayucca 10 months ago

Thanks a lot, Isabella!

IsabellaFiers
IsabellaFiers 10 months ago

Wonderful picture !!

Hemma
Hemma 10 months ago

You are very Welcome! It is a delite to see your work!
I couldn't resist sharing this. It is a skipper on a Scabiosa flower head.That is after the petals have fallen off!
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/115...

bayucca
bayucca 10 months ago

Thanks Emma. It is indeed a Scabiosa, the Field Scabious:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knautia_arv...

Hemma
Hemma 10 months ago

Beautiful ,Bayucca, Looks like the flower is a, Scabiosa. Skippers seem to like this flower too!

Sumiswald, Bern - Berne, Switzerland

Lat: 47.02, Long: 7.73

Spotted on Sep 27, 2008
Submitted on Jul 25, 2012

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