Zygaena filipendulae, Six-spot Burnet

Common Name: Six-spot Burnet

Zygaena filipendulae, more commonly known as the Six-spot Burnet, has a wingspan of 30 - 38 mm and is the commonest of Britain's day-flying Burnet moths. It is found throughout Britain, with a coastal bias in the North. Occupying meadows, woodland clearings and sea-cliffs, it flies from June to August.

The larvae feed mainly on bird's-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus). The Six-spot Burnet overwinters (sometimes through not merely one but two winters) as a larva; it pupates in early summer inside a cocoon attached to a grass stem.

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