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Zygaena transalpina
About 3cm in length, comes in red and yellow forms - here two forms mating.
Montane pastures, above 1600m of altitude, Jura range of France.
Thanks to ornitoptera80 and DanielePralong for the help in IDing this spotting.
Hi Zlatan! The white antenna tips, as well as the clear separation between spots 4 and 5, are criteria for Z. transalpina.
See more specimen here: https://www.lepido.ch/zygenes/zygaena-tr...
Spotted on Aug 16, 2019
Submitted on Aug 19, 2019
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