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Five-spot Burnet

Zygaena trifolii

Photo by Jopy
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Field Notes

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

Species ID Suggestions

5-spot Burnet

Zygaena trifolii
Caleb Steindel
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Comments (6)
Caleb Steindel
wow, i'm so slow i didn't catch it until now. 5 spots on each wing. d'oh. lol
Caleb Steindel
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...
Jopy
they are really beautiful :)
Jopy
thanks, LandmarkExpert :D

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PublishedAugust 12, 2013

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