Narrow-bordered five-spot burnet
This little moth has black wings that shine blue or green in the sun, with five bright red spots on each front wing. It flies in the daytime, not at night like many moths. Its feelers are long and thin, with a tiny club at the end.
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Fun facts
Its caterpillars are bluish green or pale yellow, hairy, with rows of black spots.
Some caterpillars sleep through two whole winters before they are fully grown.
Before turning into a moth, the caterpillar spins a long yellowish or white cocoon on a grass stem.
The moths living high up in the mountains are often bigger than the ones in the lowlands.
Most asked questions about Narrow-bordered five-spot burnet
?When can I see the five-spot burnet?
It flies in the daytime from June to early August, visiting flowers in meadows.
?What does the five-spot burnet eat?
The moth drinks nectar from flowers, and the caterpillar eats clover and similar plants.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Zygaena lonicerae
- Named by
- Scheven, 1777
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Zygaenidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Zygaenidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Zygaena lonicerae (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 Charles J. Sharp. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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