Caterpillar of the Zygaena exulans

Photo: Caterpillar of the Zygaena exulans on rock. View from below. The caterpillar is about 20mm long, black-grey with two yellow dots per segment.
Description: Caterpillar of the Zygaena exulans on rock. View from below. The caterpillar is about 20mm long, black-grey with two yellow dots per segment.
L Habitat: South exposed barren mountain grassland. Altitude: about 2300m a.s.l.
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Lat.: Aglais urticae
Family: Zygaenidae
Subfamily: Zygaeninae
Genus: Zygaena
Location: Bernese Oberland, Switzerland
Date Month/Year: 7.2020
Photographer: Simon Oberli, Hasle-Rüegsau
Number: F170698
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