Almost all of the Zygaenidae are conspicuous, day-flying moths. Their bright, starkly contrasting colours advertise to would-be predators that they are distasteful, with most species storing, or being able to synthesise, cyanide compounds within their bodies at all stages of their life-cycle.
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