Zygaena viciae (fam. Zygaenidae)

[ES] Subo la foto porque es la primera Zygaena que logro fotografiar este año y tenía muchas ganas, pero la verdad es que es malísima. No me dejó hacerle más que cuatro fotografías y a cada cual peor. Pero ahí está.
La división de los lepidópteros en "mariposas" y "polillas" es artificial y carece de base científica, prueba de ello es esta familia de polillas de hábitos diurnos, coloración vistosa y antenas engrosadas hacia el final. Su coloración tan llamativa ("aposemática") indica que son tóxicas, pues son capaces de sintetizar cianuro.
Aquí hay información muy interesante sobre las zygaenas: https://juan-e-isa.blogspot.com/2017/05/zygaena-la-mariposa-que-envenena-con.html

[EN] I know the photo is really bad, but this is the first Zygaena I get to photograph this year and I feel excited about that. This is a moth that flies during the day, shows bright colours and whose antennae swell at the end. So... is this a moth or a butterfly?
Its bright colours are a warning about its toxicity (this is called aposematism) because they are able to synthetize cyanide.
Here you are interesting information (in Spanish) about the genus Zygaena: https://juan-e-isa.blogspot.com/2017/05/zygaena-la-mariposa-que-envenena-con.html

2026/05/31, distrito de/district of Castelo Branco (Portugal)

Equipo/Equipment: Canon EOS 400D + Tamron SP 90 mm f/2.8 Di MACRO 1:1
ISO 1600, s 1/250, f/8,0. A pulso/Handheld.

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#polilla #mariposa #moth #butterfly #moths #butterflies #arthropods #insects #bugs #bichos
#macro #macrophotography #macrofotografía
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?
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