Zygaena transalpina [L.]

Zygaena transalpina
Burnets (Zygaenidae)

Antennae are very curved.
Zygaena transalpina [L.]on RikenMon's Nature-Guide

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Slender butterfly with shiny black front wings with 6 red spots and red rear wings with a narrow black border. Bottom front wings also red with a narrow black border. Body, head and feelers are black. The dots of the probes are almost always white. 

The probes are very strongly curved. Occasionally there are also yellow specimens, then all the red is yellow, the black remains black. 

The sturdy caterpillar is about 20 cm, is greenish yellow and has thick black dots in a length row. The butterfly rests in contrast to many family members with staggered front wings so you can see the rear wings. 

⇔ wsp. 28-32 mm 

LA: 
≈ The ZYGAENA FILIPENDULAE (Six-spot burnet) is the best-known 6 dot, but it does not have completely red wings and usually closes its wings at rest. 
≈ The ZYGAENA EPHIALTES (Variable burnet moth) also has a yellow and even white variant, but this species closes its wings at rest and has dark probes and less colour on the underside.

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