Photos from Northern Norway: A photo blog » Burnet http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com An unique view from the Arctic Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:33:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Macro photo of five-spot burnet moths mating on flowers http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/07/21/macro-photo-of-five-spot-burnet-moths-mating-on-flowers/ http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/07/21/macro-photo-of-five-spot-burnet-moths-mating-on-flowers/#comments Sat, 21 Jul 2007 11:28:06 +0000 Thomas Laupstad http://blog.thomaslaupstad.com/2007/07/21/macro-photo-of-five-spot-burnet-moths-mating-on-flowers/ Macro photo of five-spot burnet moths mating on flowers
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on July 16th, 2007. Click picture for larger view.

In this picture I believe you can see some five-spot burnets (Zygaena trifolii) mating, but it could also be the similar six-spot burnet (Zygaena filipendulae) because the spots can be merged. If anyone is an expert on this please let me know by leaving a comment. I would also like to know what the flowers are called.

Anyways. It looks like the insects are having a really good time ;)
Check out my other insect photos.

Information about the picture:
Camera: Olympus E-500 digital SLR camera
Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Lens: Olympus Zuiko Digital 35mm F3.5 Macro
Location: Laupstad (Andørja), Troms in northern Norway

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