Six-spot burnet (Zygaena filipendulae)

When I took this photo, I wasn’t sure whether the insect I captured was indeed part of the great butterfly order.

Although maybe not as magnificent as some of its more well-known relatives, this smaller species is equally as intensely colored.

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