5 Spot Burnet --- Day Flying Moth.

[Gottshotz]

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The 5 Spot Burnet is a day flying moth often seen among coastal grasslands and sand dunes over the whole of the British Isles. Its flight is slow and laborious and its bright red spots on a black background make it highly visible --- however these are warning insect colours to tell birds it is unpleasant to eat and so the caterpillars feeding on Birds Foot Trefoil suffer predation and parasitic wasp attacks, while those getting to the adult insect stage are largely untroubled. The Gobbins, country Antrim N.Ireland 19/06/20. D5 with 500mm PF, f5.6, ISO 360, 1/1000 Sec., handheld.

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[Andy B]

Very nice image

 

[Gottshotz]

Very nice image

Thanks Andy --- glad you liked it.

 

[Icarus]

Gorgeous image of a spectacular moth! That red against the black is amazing.

 

[Gottshotz]

Gorgeous image of a spectacular moth! That red against the black is amazing.

Thanks Icarus, its great when you come across a colony of these colourful moths all buzzing around together -- usually here in the sand dunes !

 

[Harry.G]

Beautiful image David , the Black and Red colours sit out really well against the pale blurred background.. the added information is always a nice bonus ....


Harry.G

 

[Gottshotz]

Beautiful image David , the Black and Red colours sit out really well against the pale blurred background.. the added information is always a nice bonus ....


Harry.G

Thanks Harry--took that shot on the coastal path up on Island Magee last June.

 

[Andrew Lamberson]

What a great image. I really like the black and red! Nature is amazing!

 

[Gottshotz]

What a great image. I really like the black and red! Nature is amazing!

Thanks Andrew, yep warning colours like this black and red or indeed black and yellow really make the insect stand out from its background.