Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Six-spot burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae) resting on Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) Kingcombe Meadows DWT reserve, Dorset, UK, May

Russell Cooper / Six Spot Burnet Moth (Zygaena filipendulae) at rest on flowering Ragwort, South London, England, UK.

Angelo Gandolfi / Little Owl (Athene noctua) standing on grass, observing a a Six-spot Burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae) flying above. Tuscany, Italy

Peter Lewis / Six spot burnet moths (Zygaena filipendulae) on flower, Hampshire, England

Michel Poinsignon / Six spot burnet moths {Zygaena filipendulae) Lorraine, France

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Six-spot burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae) on flower, San Marino, May 2009

Brian Lightfoot / Six Spot Burnet moth on Rosebay Willowherb, Scotland

Colin Varndell / Caterpillar larva of Six-spot burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae), Somerset, UK, May

MYN / Denis Palanque / Six-spot burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae) on Peach-leaved bellflower (Campanula persicifolia) woodland, Savoie, France, June. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Denis Palanque / Six-spot burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae) on plantain, Montcarra, Rhones-Alpes, France, June. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Denis Palanque / Six-spot burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae) on Peach-leaved bellflower (Campanula persicifolia) woodland, Savoie, France, June. meetyourneighbours.net project

Nick Upton / Six spot burnet moths (Zygaena filipendulae) mating on Field scabious flower (Knautia arvensis) in chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Hatched pupa of Six spot burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae) protruding from silken cocoon attached to grass stem, chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, August.

Nick Upton / Six spot burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae) feeding on Field scabious flower (Knautia arvensis) in chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Silken cocoon of Six spot burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae) attached to grass stem, chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, August

Robert Thompson / Six-spot burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae f. flava) on Ragwort flowers, Sheeplands, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK, July

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Six-spot burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae) at rest, Hardington Moor NNR, Somerset, UK, June

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Six-spot burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae) pair mating, Powerstock Common DWT reserve, Dorset, UK, June

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Six-spot Burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae) resting on Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) flower, Kingcombe Meadows DWT reserve, Dorset, UK, May

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Six-spot burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae) resting on Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) flower, Kingcombe Meadows DWT reserve, Dorset, UK, May. Did you know? While the majority of moths are nocturnal,...

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Six-spot burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae) resting on Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) flower, Kingcombe Meadows DWT reserve, Dorset, UK, May

Colin Varndell / Six-spot Burnet Moth (Zygaena filipendulae) caterpillar on salad burnet (Poterium sanguisorba) flower. Dorset, UK, May.

Steve Nicholls / Six-spot burnet moth (Zygaena lonicerae) on Northern marsh orchid (Dactylorhiza purpurella), Cleveland, UK, June

Ross Hoddinott / Six spot burnet moth (Zygaena trifolii / filipendulae) paired, resting on Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis). Berry Head, nr Brixham, Devon, UK, July

Russell Cooper / Six Spot Burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae) resting on Knapweed flower (Centaurea nigra) Morden, South London. UK, June

Russell Cooper / Six Spot Burnet Moth caterpillar (Zygaena filipendulae) on foodplant Birds Foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) Surrey, England, UK

Nick Upton / Six spot burnet moths (Zygaena filipendulae) feeding on Greater knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa) flower. Wiltshire, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Pair of Six spot burnet moths (Zygaena filipendulae) mating. Wiltshire, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Six spot burnet moths (Zygaena filipendulae) in flight, and feeding on Greater knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa) flower. Wiltshire, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Six spot burnet moths (Zygaena filipendulae) feeding on Greater knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa) flower. Wiltshire, UK, June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Six spot burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae) on grass seed head, Italy

Ross Hoddinott / Six-spot burnet {Zygaena filipenulae} mating pair, Somerset, UK, June

Ross Hoddinott / Six-spot burnet moth {Zygaena filipendulae} on Scabiour flower, Somerset, UK. June

Roger Powell / Six-spotted Burnet Moth {Zygaena filipendulae} feeding on nectar from Early Marsh Orchid, Sand dunes, Bettyhill, Caithness, Scotland, UK

Gary K. Smith / Six spot burnet moth {Zygaena filipendulae stephensi} pair mating on Pyramidal Orchid {Anacamptis pyramidalis} Norfolk, UK, July

PREMAPHOTOS / Six-spot burnet moths (Zygaena filipendulae) on Sea-holly, UK.

PREMAPHOTOS / Caterpillar larva of Six-spot burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae) on a flower of its Kidney vetch food plant, UK

Niall Benvie / Six spot burnet moth {Zygaena filipendulae} on {Thymus tenstmuir} Fife, Scotland, UK

Andrew Cooper / Six spot burnet moths (Zygaena filipendulae) adults mating on emergence from pupae, Wiltshire, UK

Kim Taylor / Six spot burnet moth caterpillar + pupal coccoon {Zygaena filipendulae} UK.

Paul Hobson / Six spot burnet moth {Zygaena filipendulae} on Frog orchid {Coeloglossum viride}

Brian Lightfoot / Six spot burnet moths (Zygaena filipendulae) on flowers. Scotland, UK, Europe

Philippe Clement / Six spot burnet moths {Zygaena filipendulae} on Devils bit scabious flowers. Alps, Switzerland.

WILLIAM OSBORN / Six spot burnet moth {Zygaena filipendulae} on Greater knapweed {Centaruea scabiosa} UK

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