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Seksplettet Køllesværmer (Zygaena filipendulae)    Køllesværmere (Zygaenidae)    [butterfly]    25129
Six-spot Burnet (gb)   Ziygena de los Seis Puntos (es)   Sexfläckig Bastardsvärmare (se)      Synonyms: Allmän Bastardsvärmare (se)
Measurements:
WS:28-39mm
Flight period:
JFMAMJJASOND 
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Identification:
Compared to all other burnets (in N Europe) this species is rather easy to identify, having six red spots on the forewing.
Distribution:
Throughout Europe including Asia Minor; absent Atlantic Iberian P. and N Scandinavia and Russia. In Scandinavia common in most of Denmark and southern Sweden, southern coast of Finland and Norway.
Habitat:
Flowering dry meadows, roadsides and forest-edges.
Behavior:
Status:
The most common burnet in Scandinavia, but slightly declining overall.
Host plants:
Almindelig Kællingetand (Lotus corniculatus) [Bird's-foot Trefoil ~ Loto Corniculado ~ Käringtand]
Sump-Kællingetand (Lotus pedunculatus) [Marsh Bird's-foot Trefoil ~ Cuernecillo Grande ~ Stor Käringtand]
Comment:
Six-spot Burnet 860    (1 photos)
2022-07-03    Høvblege (Møn), Danmark

Imago. A less brightly looking individual. Probably worn.
Six-spot Burnet 861    (1 photos)
2022-07-03    Høvblege (Møn), Danmark

Imago.
Six-spot Burnet 872    (1 photos)
2022-07-03    Høvblege (Møn), Danmark

Imago. Sharp-looking!
Six-spot Burnet 873    (1 photos)
2022-07-03    Høvblege (Møn), Danmark

Imago. Above, with a Transparent Burnet.
Six-spot Burnet 874    (1 photos)
2022-07-03    Høvblege (Møn), Danmark

Imago. Likely a worn individual. And looking small. And with the transparent wing it almost reminds of a New Forest Burnet [Lille Køllesværmer].
Six-spot Burnet 883    (1 photos)
2022-07-03    Høvblege (Møn), Danmark

Imago. Stunning!
Six-spot Burnet 1037    (3 photos)
2022-07-31    Røsnæs-halvøen, Danmark

Imago.
The common zygaenaidae here and unmistakable.
Six-spot Burnet 1038    (2 photos)
2022-07-31    Røsnæs-halvøen, Danmark

Imago.
A rather worn individual but still straightforward to identify with traces of the sixth, outer-distal, spot visible.
Six-spot Burnet 1039    (2 photos)
2022-07-31    Røsnæs-halvøen, Danmark

Imago.
Six-spot Burnet 1040    (1 photos)
2022-07-31    Røsnæs-halvøen, Danmark

Imago.
Six-spot Burnet 1041    (1 photos)
2022-07-31    Røsnæs-halvøen, Danmark

Imago.
I'm sure both are six-spotted though the damaged one shows no traces of species-specific characters.
Six-spot Burnet 1042    (1 photos)
2022-07-31    Røsnæs-halvøen, Danmark

Imago.
Six-spot Burnet 1043    (1 photos)
2022-07-31    Røsnæs-halvøen, Danmark

Imago.
Six-spot Burnet 1044    (1 photos)
2022-07-31    Røsnæs-halvøen, Danmark

Imago.
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