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Nine-spotted moth

The nine-spotted moth or yellow belted burnet (Amata phegea) with its 34 - 40 mm wingspan is a day-active moth.
Males are smaller than females and have thicker antennae.
The wings are blueish black or greenish black with white spots and metallic sheen. The number and the size of spots are quite variable. Usually there are six white spots on the front wings and two or three spots on the hind wings. The black body is quite long with a prominent yellow ring at the sixth segment.
The nine-spotted moth occurs naturally in Europe, especially in the south, and flies on warm sunny days from late May to early August. The species prefers drier areas, open ranges with shrubs and trees as well as open forests and warm, sunny slopes.

De phegeavlinder of melkdrupje (Amata phegea) is een dagactieve nachtvlinder uit de familie van de spinneruilen. Spanwijdte van de vleugels is 34 à 40 mm. De mannetjes zijn het kleinst.
De vleugels zijn blauwachtig zwart of groenachtig zwart met een metaalachtige glans en licht doorzichtige witte vlekken.
Het aantal en de grootte van vlekken zijn variabel. Meestal zijn er zes witte vlekken op de voorvleugels en twee of drie vlekken op de achtervleugels. Het zwarte lichaam is vrij lang met een prominente gele ring op het zesde segment.
De phegeavlinder komt in bijna heel Europa voor, vooral in het zuiden, en vliegt op warme zonnige dagen van eind mei tot begin augustus. De soort geeft de voorkeur aan drogere en open gebieden met struiken en bomen; ook in open bossen en op warme zonnige hellingen.
In Nederland heeft deze nachtvlinder populaties in de noordelijke helft van Limburg, het aangrenzende deel van Noord-Brabant en in de buurt van Bergen op Zoom. Buiten de bekende populaties worden elders af en toe zwervers aangetroffen.
Deze opname is gemaakt in de buitenvolière van zorgboerderij www.passiflorahoeve.nl bij Harskamp op de Veluwe.
Europese en uitheemse vlinders worden daar gekweekt.
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Taken on: May 25, 2019

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Nine-spotted moth

Yellow belted burnet

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Witgevlekte bloedvlekvlinder

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Amata phegea

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