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Five-spot Burnet

Zygaena trifolii

Description:

Family Zygaenidae, the wingspan is 28-33 mm, adults are on wing from the mid June to the beginning of August in one generation per year.

Habitat:

found in mountain, at 1600 m/asl, in mixed beech and pine wood

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5-spot Burnet
Zygaena trifolii


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6 Comments

Caleb Steindel
Caleb Steindel 10 years ago

wow, i'm so slow i didn't catch it until now. 5 spots on each wing. d'oh. lol

Caleb Steindel
Caleb Steindel 10 years ago

your welcome, jopy. i don't know what the difference is, because they all seem to have 8+ spots, but there are also 6 spot burnets...

Bhagya Herath
Bhagya Herath 10 years ago

beautiful .............

Jopy
Jopy 10 years ago

they are really beautiful :)

The MnMs
The MnMs 10 years ago

Love these moths :-)

Jopy
Jopy 10 years ago

thanks, LandmarkExpert :D

Jopy
Spotted by
Jopy

Spotted on Aug 9, 2013
Submitted on Aug 12, 2013

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