Zygaena filipendulae – Six-spot Burnet moth

Delighted to find this striking day-flying moth also exists in my adoptive home country. See here for a photo: Seil Natural History Group – Zygaena filipendulae (Six-spot Burnet)

And these are my own three photos documenting the find on 16 July 2006 near Montana, Valais, Switzerland:

 

I photographed the beauty on a walk along the Bisse du torrent neuf near Montana (southern flank of the Swiss Alps).

Yellow on Leap Day

Hello again!
It's a very driech day out there, and wet, so these photos are intended to brighten things up a bit. I'm inspired by a friend who is part of an on-line photo group – 7 Days of Shoothing – that works to a different theme each week. This week it's yellow. :) Lots more very bright and sunny photos to be found there! (Just click on the header of this post -- the hyperlink will take you there.)

Photo here: a clump of tiny crocuses greeting the sun (taken during a family walk, Münsingen, 17 Feb 08).
Creeping cinquefoil - a splash of sunlight on a very dry bank (photo taken on a lovely Sunday walk, 24 Feb 08, near Borisried).
Above: an older photo, from 16 July 06 -- Verbascum nigrum (?), taken during a walk near Montana, Valais.
Finally, more than yellow in this photo taken Easter Monday, April 9, 2007, during the Berne Peace March.

Peace!