David Element
Wildlife Photography and Digital Video Images
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Moths 100 – Five-spot Burnet Moths
FIVE-SPOT
BURNET MOTH Zygaena trifolii palustrella (form minoides)
FIVE-SPOT
BURNET MOTH Zygaena trifolii
palustrella (form minoides)
FIVE-SPOT BURNET MOTH Zygaena
trifolii palustrella (form
minoides)
FIVE-SPOT BURNET MOTH Zygaena
trifolii palustrella (form
minoides)
FIVE-SPOT BURNET MOTH Zygaena
trifolii palustrella (form
minoides)
FIVE-SPOT BURNET MOTH Zygaena
trifolii palustrella
FIVE-SPOT BURNET MOTH Zygaena
trifolii palustrella
FIVE-SPOT
BURNET MOTH Zygaena trifolii
palustrella (form minoides)
FIVE-SPOT BURNET MOTH Zygaena trifolii palustrella
FIVE-SPOT
BURNET MOTH Zygaena trifolii palustrella
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The Five-spot Burnet Moth Zygaena
trifolii (Zygaenidae,
Zygaeninae) is virtually identical in
appearance to the more widely distributed Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet Z.
lonicerae, and
therefore it is impossible to separate these species without resorting to
extreme measures by rearing their larvae or eggs to the completion of their
life cycles. However, the subspecies Z. trifolii palustrella
conveniently flies earlier in the year (May-June), and it has a strong
association with certain well known downland sites. As the photographs were
taken at one of these locations and at the appropriate time of the year the
identification of the moths was relatively straightforward. The form minoides with the joined-up red spots is also
found at a within this population, and other examples in which only some of the
spots are merged may also be seen. The larvae
feed on Bird’s-foot Trefoil Lotus corniculatus.
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