It's that time of year when grassland abounds with red and black burnet moths.
Last Friday I visited the flower-rich limestone grassland along the edge of Anston Stones Wood. Burnet moths were everywhere: feeding on flower-heads, buzzing slowly through the air and mating on plant stems. All of the specimens that I managed to get a close look at were the Six-spot Burnet (Zygaena filipendulae subsp. stephensi).
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