6-spot Burnet Moth

Zygaena filipendulae

 
Six-spot Burnet moth with bee Six-spot Burnet moth

6-spot Burnet day-flying moth with Carder bumble bee (and flower beetle)

The Burnet moth wings have a blue-green metallic sheen

Six-spot Burnet moth Six-spot Burnet moths Six-spot Burnet moth showing underwing
6-spot Burnet moth 6-spot Burnet moth 6-spot Burnet underwing

The six spots occasionally blend together in twos

 

A torn red under-wing

6-spot Burnet moth

The antenna like a waxed moustache

 
6-spot Burnet cocoon 6-spot Burnet cocoon 6-spot Burnet cocoon

The cocoon on a grass stem were the caterpillar metamorphs into the moth (second photo of cocoon shows debris left behind when moth has flown)

 
Link to 5-spot Burnet moth