Sandend: six-spot Burnet moth feeding among the dunes
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Sandend: six-spot Burnet moth feeding among the dunes
Image: © Martyn Gorman Taken: 27 Jun 2009
Six-spot burnets Zygaena filipendulae are day flying moths. The six red spots on each of the moths greenish-black fore-wings are a warning to predators the moth is poisonous.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.680779
Longitude
-2.741157