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Cinnabar Moth

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Field Notes

Habitat:

Sand dunes and scrub land.

Species ID Suggestions

Five-spot Burnet Moth

Zygaena lonicerae/trifolii

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Jacob Gorneau
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Jacob Gorneau
Zygaena lonicerae and Z. trifolii are basically indistinguishable unless reared as caterpillars. I don't have enough personal experience with these species to rightfully distinguish them. Perhaps one of our European moth experts could look into this.

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