Zygaena minos - LepiWiki

Hot off the press - evolutionary history of burnet moths - by Mirela Miric for her Master's in collaboration with K. Efetov, G. Tarmann, Andrea Chiocchio, Maria Heikkilä, D. Wagner, and Jadranka Rota. Also have a look at Appendix 1 for a careful review of zygaenid fossils.

https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/syen.12634

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Here's a Six Spotted Burnet (#Zygaena #filipendulae) moth that I found in a meadow at RSPB Scotland Mersehead Nature Reserve in Dumfries, Scotland UK. There were hundreds of them in the meadow. Really cool to see. Isn't he a dapper little guy in his furry black suit?
#photography #moth #sixSpottedBurnet #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #entomology #environment #black #red #rspbScotland #mersehead #gallowy #dumfries #outdoors #antennae #wings #scotland #UK #OC #green