Sandend: six-spot Burnet moth feeding among the dunes:: OS grid NJ5565 :: Geograph British Isles

NJ5565 : Sandend: six-spot Burnet moth feeding among the dunes

near to Sandend, Aberdeenshire, Great Britain

Sandend: six-spot Burnet moth feeding among the dunes

Six-spot burnets Zygaena filipendulae are day flying moths. The six red spots on each of the moths greenish-black fore-wings are a warning to predators the moth is poisonous.

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Grid Square: NJ5565, 4 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Martyn Gorman (find more nearby)
Image classification: Supplemental image
Date Taken: Saturday, 27 June, 2009 (more nearby)
Submitted: Sunday, 28 June, 2009
Category: Wildlife (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: NJ 559 659 [100m precision]
WGS84: 57:40.8468N 2:44.4694W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: NJ 559 659
View Direction: NORTH (about 0 degrees)