6-spot Burnet Moth

Zygaena filipendulae

Photos on this website have been downgraded in size and quality for Internet

 

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

The Burnet moth wings have a blue-green metallic sheen

The six spots occasionally blend together in twos

 

A torn red under-wing

The antenna like a waxed moustache

 

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