Thomas Marent / Southern Six-spot Burnet Moth (Zygaena transalpina), Switzerland

Thomas Marent / Six-spot Burnet (Zygaena filipendulae) moth pair on thistle flower, Switzerland

Thomas Marent / Six-spot Burnet (Zygaena filipendulae) moth, Switzerland

Adrian Davies / Six spot burnet moth {Zygaena filipendulae} mating pair on cocoon from which female has just emerged, UK

Adrian Davies / Six spot burnet moths (Zygaena filipendulae) pair mating, Surrey, UK. July.

Roman Willi / Two Six-spot burnets (Zygaena filipendulae) resting on a flower, Lucerne, Switzerland. June.

Pal Hermansen / Six spot burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae) flying off. Viken, Norway. July. Composite image.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Six-spot burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae) resting on plant stem, Terni, Umbria, Italy. July.

Adrian Davies / 6 Spot burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae) caterpillar on plantain, Swiss Alps, Switzerland. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Mating pair of Six-spot burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae) on grass blade, Umbria, Italy. July.

Rod Williams / Larva / caterpillar of Six-spot Burnet (Zygaena filipendulae) Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve,Eltham, London, England, UK. June

Adrian Davies / Six-spot burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae) caterpillar. Surrey, England, UK. July.

Neil Aldridge / Six-spot burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae) feeding on a knapweed (Centaurea nigra) flower in a limestone meadow, Cotswolds, United Kingdom, June.

Neil Aldridge / Six-spot burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae) feeding on a knapweed (Centaurea nigra) flower in a limestone meadow, Cotswolds, United Kingdom, June.

Oscar Dewhurst / Six-spot burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae) on flower species. London, UK. August

Chris Mattison / Six-spot Burnet moth, (Zygaena filipendulae), Dixton Embankment, Monmouthshire, Wales.

Chris Mattison / Caterpillar, Six-spot Burnet moth, (Zygaena filipendulae), Dixton, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, June.

Chris Mattison / Six-spot Burnet moth caterpillar, (Zygaena filipendulae), New Grove Meadows, Trelleck, Monmoushire, May.

Edwin Giesbers / Six-spot burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae), two resting on Plantain (Plantago sp). The Netherlands. June.

Edwin Giesbers / Six-spot burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae), two pairs mating on Knapweed (Centaurea nigra). The Netherlands. June.

Edwin Giesbers / Six-spot burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae) resting on Rush in marshy grassland. The Netherlands. July.

Nick Upton / Six spot burnet moths (Zygaena filipendulae) nectaring on Common ragwort flowers (Senecio jacobaea) among coastal sand dunes, The Gower, Wales, UK, August.

Rod Williams / Six-spot burnet (Zygaena filipendulae) feeding on creeping thistle, and showing tongue Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, UK. July 2017

Nick Upton / Six spot burnet moths (Zygaena filipendulae) nectaring on Common ragwort flowers (Senecio jacobaea) among coastal sand dunes, The Gower, Wales, UK, August.

Guy Edwardes / Six-spot burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae) with larvae, Hardington Moor NNR, Somerset, England, UK