New Forest burnet
The New Forest burnet is a moth that flies in the daytime. It is named after the New Forest in England, where it used to live. But it has been gone from there since 1927.
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Fun facts
It still lives in Scotland, but only in very small numbers.
Its caterpillars are usually green with yellow and black spots.
The mother lays pale green or yellow eggs in little clusters.
The caterpillar spins a cocoon on a plant before it turns into a moth.
It lives from Europe all the way east to Lake Baikal in Russia.
Most asked questions about New Forest burnet
?Why is it called the New Forest burnet?
It is named after the New Forest in England, where it once lived. It has been gone from there since 1927.
?When can you see the New Forest burnet?
The moths fly in the daytime in July.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Zygaena viciae
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Zygaenidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Zygaenidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
- Also known as
- Small five-spotted ram
Where the facts come from
- Zygaena viciae (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Harald Süpfle. CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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