Nick Upton / Male Violet carpenter bee (Xylocopa violacea) with tatty wings feeding on Scotch / Cotton thistle (Onopordum acanthium), Port Cros Island National Park, Hyeres archipelago, France, May.
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Nick Upton / A very toxic Blister beetle (Mylabris variabilis) with warning colouration, feeding on Hawkweed (Hieracium sp) flower, Port Cros Island National Park, Hyeres archipelago, France, May.
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Nick Upton / Female yellow-winged darter dragonfly (Sympetrum flaveolum) resting with wings held forwards on a grass stem, Port Cros Island National Park, Hyeres archipelago, France, May.
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Nick Upton / Checkered / Bee beetle (Trichodes alvearius) foraging on Crown daisy (Chrysanthemum coronarium), Port Cros Island National Park, Hyeres archipelago, France, May.
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Nick Upton / Flower chafers (Oxythyrea funesta) mating on Scotch / Cotton thistle (Onopordum acanthium) flower, Port Cros Island National Park, Hyeres archipelago, France, May.
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Nick Upton / Paper wasp (Polistes dominula) drinking moisture from cuckoo spit around developing froghopper (Cercopidae) nymph, Port Cros Island National Park, Hyeres archipelago, France, May.
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Nick Upton / Paper wasp (Polistes dominula) approaching cuckoo spit around developing froghopper (Cercopidae) nymph, Port Cros Island National Park, Hyeres archipelago, France, May.
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Nick Upton / False blister beetle (Chrysanthia viridissima) grooming its front leg while standing on Rock rose (Cistus sp) petal, Port Cros Island National Park, Hyeres archipelago, France, May.
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Nick Upton / Tree heather (Erica arborea) growing in Mediterranean forest on Port Cros Island National Park, Hyeres archipelago, France, May 2010.
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Nick Upton / French Tamarisk / Salt cedar (Tamarix gallica) in flower on Port Cros Island National Park, with Mediterranean forest in the background. Hyeres archipelago, France, May.
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Nick Upton / French Tamarisk / Salt cedar (Tamarix gallica) in flower on a beach on Port Cros Island National Park, with Mediterranean forest in the background. Hyeres archipelago, France, May.
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Nick Upton / French Tamarisk / Salt cedar (Tamarix gallica) in flower on Port Cros Island National Park, on a beach near the harbour. Hyeres archipelago, France, May.