Simon Harding photographed these burnet moths nectaring on various flowers.
Though it's hard to tell if they are 5-spot or 6-spot burnets.
Simon also spotted a burnet moth caterpillar.
You can see it dozing on the flower stem. They feed at night on birdsfoot trefoil.
Birdsfoot trefoil is in the pea family. 'Birdsfoot' for the shape of the seedhead and 'trefoil' because the leaves are made up of three leaflets.
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