Zygaena ignifera

[Miguel]

This were collected in Chodos( Castellón) in the end of july /2008.
I have to say that watching this moths for the first at only 1 hour from my home was one of the biggest thinngs to me talking about Lepidoptera.
As the other Lepidoptera that I have shown only flies in Spain,is suposed to be an endangered specie but their colonies have very high number of specimens.

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[Miguel]

This is a moth,one of the most famous of the Spanish Lepidoptera, this two were collected in Chodos (Castellón)in the end of july/2008.
They only fly in the Southeast and part of the Ibéric Mountains.
I remember how happy I was when at first I saw them,only 1 hour by car from my home

[Trehopr1]

Burnet moths are always stunning !

This particular reddish-orange species I'll bet
really "pops" in the sunlit spaces one may find it in.

[Miguel]

Yes,this one is really brilliant under the sunlight