Nigel Cattlin / Broad bean (Vicia faba) seed in velvet lined pod, ripe and ready for harvest. Berkshire, England, UK. July.
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Colin Varndell / Mullein moth (Cucullia verbasci) caterpillar feeding on Great mullein (Verbascum thapsus). Dorset, England, UK. June.
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Nick Upton / Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) in a rock pool, hiding among Coralweed (Corallina officinalis), Cornwall, UK, March.
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Heather Angel / Hairy banana (Musa velutina), self peeling exposing flesh to aid seed dispersal by birds. In glasshouse. Surrey, England, UK.
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Heather Angel / Hairy banana (Musa velutina) flowering in glasshouse, Kew Gardens, London, UK. Native to Himalayas.
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Robert Valentic / Gulf Marbled Velvet Gecko (Oedura bella) male emerging from a crevice in the sandstone massifs at dusk in the Boodjamulla National Park, Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia.
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Guy Edwardes / Wahlberg's Velvet Gecko (Homopholis wahlbergii) silhouetted on green leaf, South Africa, captive.
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Bruno D'Amicis / Velvet mite (Trombidium sp.) in leaf litter in old-growth Beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest. Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park / Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise UNESCO World Heritage...
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Roger Powell / Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) feeding on lichen with antlers in velvet. Sandvik, Porsanger, Finnmark, Norway, May.
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Bruno D'Amicis / Common mulleins (Verbascum thapsus), Poppies (Papaver rhoeas), and Daisies flowering in mountain pasture. Gran Sasso National Park, Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, June.
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Bruno D'Amicis / Common mulleins (Verbascum thapsus), Poppies (Papaver rhoeas), and Daisies flowering in mountain pasture. Gran Sasso National Park, Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, June.
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Philippe Clement / Great mullein / common mullein (Verbascum thapsus) in flower, Belgium, August
