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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:
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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]
Sump-Kællingetand (Lotus pedunculatus) [Marsh Bird's-foot Trefoil ~ Cuernecillo Grande ~ Stor Käringtand]
Comment:
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860
(1 photos)
2022-07-03 Høvblege (Møn), Danmark Imago. A less brightly looking individual. Probably worn. |
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861
(1 photos)
2022-07-03 Høvblege (Møn), Danmark Imago. |
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872
(1 photos)
2022-07-03 Høvblege (Møn), Danmark Imago. Sharp-looking! |
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873
(1 photos)
2022-07-03 Høvblege (Møn), Danmark Imago. Above, with a Transparent Burnet. |
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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]. |
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883
(1 photos)
2022-07-03 Høvblege (Møn), Danmark Imago. Stunning! |
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1037
(3 photos)
2022-07-31 Røsnæs-halvøen, Danmark Imago. The common zygaenaidae here and unmistakable. |
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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. |
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1039
(2 photos)
2022-07-31 Røsnæs-halvøen, Danmark Imago. |
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1040
(1 photos)
2022-07-31 Røsnæs-halvøen, Danmark Imago. |
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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. |
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1042
(1 photos)
2022-07-31 Røsnæs-halvøen, Danmark Imago. |
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1043
(1 photos)
2022-07-31 Røsnæs-halvøen, Danmark Imago. |
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1044
(1 photos)
2022-07-31 Røsnæs-halvøen, Danmark Imago. |