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Red and black moth

Zygaena loti

Photo by FilippoGuerra
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Description:

4cm long, also beautiful the plant where it landed. I think she's a lady, 'cause she has a big abdomen, as she's carrying a lot of eggs.

Species ID Suggestions

Slender Scotch Burnet

Zygaena loti

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Mark Ridgway
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Comments (13)
FilippoGuerra
Perfect, i'll put an appeaser Zygaena loti. Grazie a tutti!
DanielePralong
No worries Filippo, we know what it's like. I've found no better match than Z. loti on the 2 lists I mentioned, so I think we have an agreement.
bayucca
Agree, folks, with Zygaena loti.
FilippoGuerra
Thanks guys, but you know, when you have your face stuck in to the grass looking for tiny beasts, any little movement can capture your attention, in that case a little crab spider. Moral of the story, the moth flied away, no pics with open wings.
DanielePralong
Ooops...Mark had posted just before me and forgot to refresh the window before posting. I agree Mark :-)
DanielePralong
Here's one where the number and shape of red spots seems to be quite a good match: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zygaena_loti I am still checking some more :-)
DanielePralong
They are quite annoying and tricky but I'll try to have a look. A picture with opened wings would help. I hope others too can help further. Lovely shot in any case :-)
Mark Ridgway
http://www.hantsmoths.org.uk/species/0167.php
DanielePralong
Buon giorno Filippo! Here you'll find a list of Zygaena for Italy. http://www.leps.it/ Yours is probably on this list too: http://pieris.ch/seiten/main.php?page=fam&fam=zyg
FilippoGuerra
Thanks Daniele, i had already found the genus id, but i don't know where to start to identify the specie

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