Slender Scotch burnet
The slender Scotch burnet is a moth that flies in the daytime, while most moths fly at night. It has dark front wings with bright red spots and red back wings with a black border. Two red spots near the wing tip join into one kidney shape.
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Fun facts
Its caterpillars hide in moss in the daytime and can sleep through one or even two winters.
A female sends out a scent to call a partner, sometimes for five to ten hours a day.
In the morning the males look for females with their eyes. In the afternoon they sniff them out with their feelers.
It likes to stay in one small area and does not travel far.
It is becoming rare in some places because its meadows are disappearing.
Most asked questions about Slender Scotch burnet
?Do burnet moths fly in the day?
Yes. Unlike most moths, the slender Scotch burnet only flies in the daytime.
?What does the slender Scotch burnet eat?
The moths drink nectar, and the caterpillars eat pea family plants like bird's-foot trefoil.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Zygaena loti
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Zygaenidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Zygaenidae
- Lives on
- Europe
Where the facts come from
- Zygaena loti (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 Hectonichus. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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