Six-spot burnet moth  (Zygaena filipendulae stephensi)

Authentication

Information authenticated by Dr Mark Young of Aberdeen University
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/biologicalsci/
with the support of the British Ecological Society
http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/

Glossary

  • Larvae: stage in an animal’s lifecycle after it hatches from the egg. Larvae are typically very different in appearance to adults; they are able to feed and move around but usually are unable to reproduce.
  • Pupate: the process of forming a pupa, the stage in an insect’s development, when huge changes occur that reorganise the larval form into the adult form. In butterflies the pupa is also called a chrysalis.
  • Pupating: the process of becoming a pupa.
  • Single brooded: (also known as ‘univoltine’). Insect life cycle that takes 12 months to be complete, and involves a single generation. The egg, larva, pupa or adult over winters as a dormant stage.

References

  1. National Biodiversity Network Species Dictionary (January 2004): http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nbn
  2. Skinner, B. (1984) Colour identification guide to the moths of the British Isles. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth.
  3. Edinburgh Biodiversity partnership: Six-spot burnet (January 2004): http://download.edinburgh.gov.uk/biodiversity/083%20Six%20Spot%20Burnet.pdf
  4. Habitas.org (January 2004): http://www.habitas.org.uk/moths/species.asp?item=5670
  5. Young, M. (2004) Pers. comm.
  6. The Burnet Study Group (January 2004): http://www.abdn.ac.uk/zoology/burnetsg.htm
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