Zygaena fausta
         
Auspicious Burnet  
La Zygène de la coronille  
           
 
 
   
1] male of Zygaena fausta. The red collar is constant in this species and is the essential distinctive feature - Côte d'or (France) - 20/08/2008   2] male  - Var (France) - 19/08/2012

 
 
       
       
   
3] male alt.560m. The thickness of the bright border of the red spots can vary a lot, depending on the population - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 17/06/2020   4] other male alt.560m - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 17/06/2020
 
 
       
       
   
5] other male alt.560m - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 17/06/2020   6] male - Lot (France) - 07/05/2019
 
 
       
       
   
7] male - Côte d'or (France) - 23/08/2008   8] male - Côte d'or (France) - 20/08/2008  
       
       
   
9] male - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 26/07/2010   10] male alt.811m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 26/07/2014  
       
       
   
11] male - Var (France) - 22/09/2012   12] male - Côte d'or (France) - 28/08/2008  
       
       
   
13] male - Var (France) - 11/09/2011   14] male - Var (France) - 22/09/2012  
       
       
   
15] male - Côte d'or (France) - 20/08/2008   16] same specimen as 15]  
       
       
   
17] Côte d'or (France) - 28/08/2008   18] Var (France) - 31/08/2011  
       
       
   
19] male - Nièvre (France) - 13/08/2009   20] Côte d'or (France) - 28/08/2008  
       
       
   
21] male - Côte d'or (France) - 20/08/2008   22] same specimen as 21]  
       
       
   
23] Côte d'or (France) - 28/08/2008   24] Côte d'or (France) - 20/08/2008  
       
       
   
25] male -Côte d'or (France) - 28/08/2008   26] same specimen as 25]  
       
       
   
27] male - Var (France) - 31/08/2011   28] same specimen as 27]  
       
       
   
29] same specimen as 27]   30] other male - Var (France) - 31/08/2011  
       
       
   
31] male - Côte d'or (France) - 20/08/2008   32] several specimen - Côte d'or (France) - 20/08/2008  
       
       
   
33] several specimen - Côte d'or (France) - 20/08/2008   34] female of Zygaena fausta - Var (France) - 31/08/2011  
       
       
   
35] same specimen as 34]   36] female - Var (France) - 22/09/2012  
       
       
   
37] female alt.560m - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 17/06/2020   38] same specimen as 37]
 
 
       
       
   
39] mating pair (female above) - Côte d'or (France) - 20/08/2008   40] same scene as 39] (female above)
 
 
       
       
   
41] mating pair (female on the left) - Côte d'or (France) - 23/08/2008   42] mating pair - Var (France) - 05/10/2012
 
 
       
       
   
43] female laying near the base of a bush of Coronilla juncaea - Var (France) - 18/10/2013   44] close-up of the clutch laid by the female from picture 43]
 
 
       
       
   
45] tiny larva on Coronilla juncaea several days after hatching (from the clutch shown in picture 44]) - Var (France) - 17/11/2013   46] other larva on Coronilla juncaea several days after hatching (from the clutch shown in picture 44]) - Var (France) - 17/11/2013  
       
       
   
47] larva feeding on Coronilla juncaea (from the clutch shown in picture 44]) - Var (France) - 01/12/2013   48] young larva on Coronilla juncaea - Var (France) - 23/03/2013  
       
       
   
49] young larva found in Spring on Coronilla juncaea (after overwintering) - Var (France) - 06/03/2014   50] mature larva on Coronilla juncaea - Var (France) - 04/04/2014  
       
       
   
51] caterpillar feeding on Coronilla minima - Côte d'or (France) - 29/05/2010   52] other caterpillar feeding on Coronilla minima - Côte d'or (France) - 29/05/2010  
       
       
   
53] other caterpillar feeding on Coronilla minima - Côte d'or (France) - 29/05/2010   54] other caterpillar feeding on Coronilla minima - Côte d'or (France) - 29/05/2010  
       
       
   
55] caterpillars found on Coronilla juncaea - Var (France) - 10/03/2011   56] other caterpillar found on Coronilla juncaea - Var (France) - 10/03/2011  
       
       
   
57] other caterpillar found on Coronilla juncaea - Var (France) - 10/03/2011   58] same specimen as 57]
 
 
       
       
   
59] other caterpillar feeding on flower buds of Coronilla juncaea - Var (France) - 10/03/2011   60] view of Coronilla juncaea - Var (France) - 10/03/2011
 
 
       
       
 
61] caterpillar having eaten the external tissues of a stem of Coronilla juncaea - Var (France) - 23/03/2013  
       
       
   
62] cocoon of Z.fausta - Var (France) - 08/09/2014   63] other cocoon - Var (France) - 08/09/2014  
       
       
       
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