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A picture tour of Pools Brook Country Park - a Country Park in the town of Staveley, in the county of Derbyshire
6 Spot Burnet Moth, Poolsbrook Country Park
6 Spot Burnet Moth, Poolsbrook Country Park - by Barbara Whiteman ©

6 Spot Burnet Moth, Poolsbrook Country Park

I am still amazed we actually saw this, we were very lucky. Hiding in the grass is the 6 spot Burnet Moth just out of the papery cocoon and drying out until it is ready to fly. Looking at the photograph closer we realised there are two moths.

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6 Spot Burnet Moth, Poolsbrook Country Park

I am still amazed we actually saw this, we were very lucky. Hiding in the grass is the 6 spot Burnet Moth just out of the papery cocoon and drying out until it is ready to fly. Looking at the photograph closer we realised there are two moths.
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Photographer: © Barbara Whiteman (Gallery)(23rd September 2007)

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Camera Make: CAMERA Model: 10MP-9KA
Exposure Program: Unknown: 2577793026, Aperture: f 5.7, ISO: 2037252160, Exposure time: 1/320 sec, Metering Mode: Unknown: 1536688130, Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Date/Time Creation: July 28, 2007, 12:19 pm
Exposure Mode: 1415905280,
ImageID:1046239, Image size: 1614 x 1068 pixels