Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Six-spot Burnet Moth / Livadna ivanjska ptičica

Zygaena filipendulae

Description:

Already my second spotting of this moth, but I am so enchanted with its look that I have to post it :)) The sexes are similar and have a wingspan of 30 - 40 mm. The forewings are dark metallic green with 6 vivid red spots (sometimes the spots are merged-like on my photos causing possible confusion with other species such as Five-spot Burnet). Occasionally the spots are yellow or even black. The hindwings are red with a blackish fringe. The adults fly on hot, sunny days from June to August, and are attracted to a wide variety of flowers such as knapweed and scabious as well as the larval food plants bird's foot trefoil and clover. The species overwinters as a larva.

Habitat:

It is a common species throughout Europe.

Notes:

Related spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/267... and http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/284...

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

6 Comments

injica
injica 10 years ago

Thank you :)

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Beautiful find Injica!

injica
injica 10 years ago

Thank you!

yeskay
yeskay 10 years ago

Nice picture..

injica
injica 10 years ago

Tnx ;)

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 10 years ago

Fantastic!

injica
Spotted by
injica

Croatia

Spotted on Jun 12, 2013
Submitted on Jun 12, 2013

Related Spottings

Burnet zigena Zygaena graslini Zygaena

Nearby Spottings

Rose Plume Moth Common White Wave Moth Comma Butterfly / Riđa c-bijela Scarab Beetle

Reference

Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team