Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Mouse moth caterpillar (Amphipyra tragopoginis) burrowing into Rose (Rosa sp.) flowerbud in a garden, Wiltshire, England, UK, May . Property released.
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Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Common cockchafer / Maybug (Melolontha melolontha), crawling along a garden bench, with house in the background, Wiltshire, England, UK, May . Property released.
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Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Red Admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) feeding on Ivy flowers (Hedera helix) in garden, with house in background, Wiltshire, England, UK, April . Property released.
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Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Hoverfly (Eristalis tenax), a honey bee mimic, feeding on Ivy flower (Hedera helix) in garden near a house, Wiltshire, England, UK, October . Property released.
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Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Group of Large rose sawfly larvae (Arge pagana) feeding on young Rose leaves (Rosa sp.) in garden, Wiltshire, England, UK, August . Property released.
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Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Common cockchafer / Maybug (Melolontha melolontha), crawling on garden bench with house in background, Wiltshire, England, UK, May . Property released.
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Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) foraging on Pink aster (Aster novae-angliae) in Wiltshire garden, UK, September . Property released.
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Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Harlequin / Multicoloured asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis succinea) predating Rose aphid (Macrosiphum rosae) on Rose bush (Rosa sp.) in garden, Wiltshire, England, UK, May . Property released.
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Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Hover fly (Eristalis tenax) on a Mexican orange blossom (Choisya ternata) flowering in a garden, with house in background, Wiltshire, UK, April . Property released.
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Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Male Southern hawker dragonfly (Aeshna cyanea) sunning itself on Rose flower (Rosa sp.) in garden in autumn, Wiltshire, England, UK, October . Property released.
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Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Female Dark bush cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera) sunning itself on Ivy leaf (Hedera helix) in garden, with house in background, Wiltshire England, UK, September . Property released.
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Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Wasp beetle (Clytus arietus), standing on Mock orange leaf (Philadelphus coronarius "Aureus") in a garden, Wiltshire, England, UK, April . Property released.
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Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Bluebottle fly (Calliphora vicina), feeding on Ivy flower (Hedera helix) in garden, with house in background, Wiltshire, England, UK, October . Property released.
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Nick Upton / 2020VISION / White-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) nectar feeding in garden, Wiltshire, England, UK, September . Property released.
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Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Harlequin / Multicoloured asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis succinea) predating Rose aphid (Macrosiphum rosae) on Rose bush (Rosa sp.) in garden, Wiltshire, England, UK, May . Property released.
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Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) worker scraping wood for its nest from plant trellis in a garden, Wiltshire, England, UK, July . Property released.
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Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Female Dark bush cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera) sunning itself on Ivy leaf (Hedera helix) in garden, with house in background, Wiltshire England, UK, September . Property released. Did you know?...
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Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Harlequin / Multicoloured asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis - spectabilis form) on Rose bush (Rosa sp.) in garden, Wiltshire, England, UK, May . Property released.
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Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Early bumblebee (Bombus pratorum) feeding on Knotweed (Persicaria bistorta "superba") flower in garden, Wiltshire, England, UK, May . Property released.
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Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Young female Nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis) waiting for fly prey to land on Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) leaf in a garden, Wiltshire, England, UK, March
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Nick Upton / 2020VISION / White-lipped snail (Cepaea hortensis) crawling over wooden hand rail in garden, with house in background, Wiltshire, England, UK, October . Property released.
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Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Hoverfly (Eristalis tenax), a honey bee mimic, feeding on Ivy flower (Hedera helix) in garden, with house in background, Wiltshire, England, UK, October . Property released.
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Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Common carder bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum) foraging on Verbenum flowers (Verbenum bonariensis) in garden, Wiltshire, England, UK, September . Property released.
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Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) foraging on Pink asters (Aster novae-angliae) in garden, Wiltshire, England, UK, September . Property released.
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Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Hover fly (Eristalis tenax), honey bee mimic, foraging on Pink aster (Aster novae-angliae) flower in garden, Wiltshire, England, UK, September . Property released.
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Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Wasp beetle (Clytus arietus), walking on stem of Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica), in a garden, Wiltshire, England, UK, April . Property released.
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Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Bluebottle fly (Calliphora vicina), feeding on Ivy flower (Hedera helix) in garden, with house in background, Wiltshire, England, UK, October . Property released.
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Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Comma butterfly (Polygonium c-album) feeding on Verbena (Verbena bonariensis) flowers in garden, Wiltshire, England, UK, September . Property released.
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Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Comma butterfly (Polygonium c-album) feeding on Verbena (Verbena bonariensis) flowers in garden, Wiltshire, England, UK, September . Property released.
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Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) foraging on Pink asters (Aster novae-angliae) in garden, Wiltshire, England, UK, September . Property released.
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Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) worker feeding on Ivy flower (Hedera helix) in garden, with house in background, Wiltshire, England, UK, October . Property released.
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Nick Upton / Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) buck grazing garden rose leaves, viewed through living room window. Wiltshire, UK, September.
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Nick Upton / Yellow Tree Peony (Paeonia lutea) bush flowering. Wiltshire garden, UK, April.
Nick Upton / Wood Spurge (Euphorbia amygdaloides) flowers close up. Wiltshire garden, UK, April.
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Nick Upton / Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) buck grazing Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) leaves in a garden beneath a washing line. Wiltshire, UK, June.
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Nick Upton / Female Nursery Web Spider (Pisaura mirabilis) with Flesh fly (Sarcophaga sp.) prey it has wrapped in silk on Honeysuckle leaves. Wiltshire garden, UK, May.
Nick Upton / Eggs of Harlequin / Multicoloured Asian ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) on Rose leaf near some dead Rose aphids (Macrosiphon rosae) a prey species. Wiltshire garden, UK, May.
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Nick Upton / Male Green fairy longhorn moth (Adela viridella / Adela reaumurella) courts female, vibrating his long antennae as he approaches her on Mock orange leaf (Philadelphus coronarius 'Aureus'). Wiltshire g...
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Nick Upton / Harlequin / Multicoloured Asian ladybird (Harmonia axyridis - succinea form) hunting Rose aphid (Macrosiphon rosae) on Rose bud. Wiltshire garden, UK, May.
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Nick Upton / Queen Hornet (Vespa crabro) feeding on Mexican orange blossom (Choisya ternata) flower. Wiltshire garden, UK, May.
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Nick Upton / Harlequin / Multicoloured Asian ladybird (Harmonia axyridis - succinea form) attacking Rose aphids (Macrosiphon rosae) on Rose bud, as some escape to the tip of the bud. Wiltshire garden, UK, May.
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Nick Upton / Male Green Fairy Longhorn Moth (Adela viridella / Adela reaumurella) in dancing courtship display flight above another male perched on a Mock orange bush (Philadelphus coronarius 'Aureus'). Wiltshire...
Nick Upton / Iridescent Centurion (Sargus iridatus) female standing on Rose leaf, Wiltshire garden, UK, May.
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Nick Upton / Hoverfly (Platycheirus albimanus) feeding on sugary secretions from aphids on a leaf surface. Wiltshire garden, UK, May.
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Nick Upton / Single male of an overwintering species of Greenbottle (Eudasyphora cyanella) sunbasking in early spring sunshine on Forsythia flower. Wiltshire garden, UK, March.
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Nick Upton / Common Red-legged Robber Fly (Dioctria rufipes) sun basking on a leaf. Wiltshire garden, UK, May.
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Nick Upton / Male Green Fairy Longhorn Moth (Adela viridella / Adela reaumurella) with long antennae and iridescent wings spread in display posture on Mock orange leaf (Philadelphus coronarius 'Aureus'). Wiltshire...
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Nick Upton / Common Cockchafer / May bug (Melolontha melolontha) with antennae raised preparing to take off from Honeysuckle leaf. Wiltshire garden, UK, May.
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Nick Upton / Female Fungus Gnat (Cecidomyiidae: Micromyinae) with metallic blue abdomen standing on a yellow Forsythia petal. Wiltshire garden, UK, March.
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Nick Upton / Female Nursery Web Spider (Pisaura mirabilis) holding her egg sac in sunshine to speed egg development. Wiltshire garden, UK, May.
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Nick Upton / Male Green Fairy Longhorn Moth (Adela viridella / Adela reaumurella) with long antennae and iridescent wings spread in display posture on Mock orange leaf (Philadelphus coronarius 'Aureus'), Wiltshire...
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Nick Upton / Speckled Bush Cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima) first instar nymph on leaf. Wiltshire garden, UK, May.
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Nick Upton / Hoverfly (Orthonevra nobilis) sunbasking on a leaf. Wiltshire garden, UK, May.
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Nick Upton / Big-headed fly (Eudorylas sp.) a parasite of teeehoppers, sunbasking on a leaf. Wiltshire garden, UK, May.
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Nick Upton / Male Face fly / Autumn House Fly (Musca autumnalis), sunbasking on a leaf. Wiltshire garden, UK, March.
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Nick Upton / Female Cucumber Green Spider (Araniella cucurbitina) on a leaf tip. Wiltshire garden, UK, May.
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Nick Upton / Female Common darter dragonfly (Sympetrum striolatum) sun basking on a leaf in late afternoon light. Wiltshire garden, UK, September
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Nick Upton / Thick-headed fly / Wasp fly / Conopid fly (Leopoldius signatus) a wasp-mimic parasitoid of adult vespid wasps, resting on Ivy leaves (Hedera helix). Wiltshire garden, UK, September.
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Nick Upton / Male Great pied hoverfly (Volucella pellucens), a parasite of wasp nests, resting on a leaf. Wiltshire garden, UK, June
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Nick Upton / Garden chafer (Phyllopertha horticola) sunbasking on a leaf. Wiltshire garden, UK, June
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Nick Upton / Hornet (Vespa crabro) feeding on Ivy flowers (Hedera helix). Wiltshire garden, UK, September
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Nick Upton / Hoverfly (Xylota segnis) sunbasking on a leaf. Wiltshire garden, UK, September
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Nick Upton / Hornet (Vespa crabro) holding Hornet hoverfly / Banded hoverfly (Volucella zonaria), a hornet mimic, which it has killed and decapitated on tarmac driveway after attacking it while it was feeding. Wil...
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Nick Upton / Hoverfly (Volucella bombylans var. plumata) mimicking a White-tailed bumblebee, standing on a leaf with front feet rasied. This hoverfly is a parasite of bumblebee and wasp nests. Wiltshire garden, UK...
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Nick Upton / Male Great pied hoverfly (Volucella pellucens), a parasite of wasp nests, feeding from a Variegated mock orange (Philadelphus coronarius "aureus") flower. Wiltshire garden, UK, June
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Nick Upton / Female Scorpion Fly (Panorpa germanica) resting on a leaf. Wiltshire garden, UK, June.
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Nick Upton / Flesh fly (Sarcophaga sp) feeding on Ivy flowers (Hedera helix), Wiltshire garden, UK, September
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Nick Upton / A large, colourful Crane fly (Ctenophora pectinicornis) sunbasking on a leaf. Wiltshire garden, UK, June
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Nick Upton / Flesh fly (Sarcophaga sp) with pollen dusted thorax, feeding on Ivy flowers (Hedera helix) with extended proboscis sponging up nectar with disc like labellum, Wiltshire garden, UK, September
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Nick Upton / Hornet (Vespa crabro) feeding on Ivy flowers (Hedera helix), Wiltshire garden, UK, September
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Nick Upton / Copper glint hoverfly (Ferdinandea cuprea), using proboscis to feed on pollen from anthers of Ivy flowers (Hedera helix). Wiltshire garden, UK, September
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Nick Upton / Red-headed cardinal beetle (Pyrochroa serraticornis) on leaf. Wiltshire garden, UK, June
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Nick Upton / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) with heavily laden pollen sacs inspecting unopened Ivy flower buds (Hedera helix), Wiltshire garden, UK, September
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Nick Upton / Male Scorpion Fly (Panorpa germanica) resting on a plant stem. Wiltshire garden, UK, June.
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Nick Upton / Male Long-horned moth / Longhorn moth (Nemophora / Adela degeerella) with gold bands on wings and very long antennae, taking off from a leaf. Wiltshire garden, UK, June
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Nick Upton / Orange ladybird (Halyzia sedecimguttata) newly emerged adult and unhatched pupa. Wiltshire garden, UK, September
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Nick Upton / Hornet (Vespa crabro) dismembering decapitated Hornet hoverfly / Banded hoverfly (Volucella zonaria), a hornet mimic, on tarmac driveway after attacking it while it was feeding. Wiltshire garden, UK,...
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Nick Upton / Drone fly / Hoverfly (Eristalis tenax), heavily dusted with pollen, using its proboscis to feed on pollen from anthers of Ivy flowers (Hedera helix). Wiltshire garden, UK, September.
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Nick Upton / Hoverfly (Volucella bombylans var. plumata) mimicking a White-tailed bumblebee, standing on a leaf. This hoverfly is a parasite of bumblebee and wasp nests. Wiltshire garden, UK, June
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Nick Upton / Hornet (Vespa crabro) grappling with Hornet hoverfly / Banded hoverfly (Volucella zonaria), a hornet mimic, on tarmac driveway after attacking it while it was feeding. Wiltshire garden, UK, September
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Nick Upton / Hornet (Vespa crabro) preparing to take off, holding Hornet hoverfly / Banded hoverfly (Volucella zonaria), a hornet mimic, which it has killed on tarmac driveway after attacking it while it was feedi...
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Nick Upton / Male Scorpion Fly (Panorpa germanica) resting on a plant stem. Wiltshire garden, UK, June.
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Nick Upton / Orange ladybird (Halyzia sedecimguttata), newly emerged adult, on a leaf. Wiltshire garden, UK, September
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Nick Upton / Hornet (Vespa crabro) feeding on Ivy flowers (Hedera helix). Wiltshire garden, UK, September
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Nick Upton / Hoverfly (Volucella bombylans var. plumata) mimicking a White-tailed bumblebee, grooming its front legs while standing on a leaf. This hoverfly is a parasite of bumblebee and wasp nests. Wiltshire gar...
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Nick Upton / Flesh fly (Sarcophaga sp.) feeding on Ivy flowers (Hedera helix), using proboscis to take nectar, Wiltshire garden, UK, September
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Nick Upton / A large, colourful Crane fly (Ctenophora pectinicornis) sunbasking on a leaf. Wiltshire garden, UK, June
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Nick Upton / Narcissus bulb fly / Large narcissus fly (Merodon equestris var. bulborum), a hoverfly that mimics a bumblebee, sunbasking on a leaf. Wiltshire garden, UK, June
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Nick Upton / Hornet (Vespa crabro) feeding on Ivy flowers (Hedera helix). Wiltshire garden, UK, September
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Nick Upton / Female Scorpion Fly (Panorpa germanica) resting on a leaf in profile. Wiltshire garden, UK, June.
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Nick Upton / Male Great pied hoverfly (Volucella pellucens), a parasite of wasp nests, feeding from a Variegated mock orange (Philadelphus coronarius "aureus") flower. Wiltshire garden, UK, June
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Nick Upton / Hoverfly (Leucozona lucorum) resting on a leaf. Wiltshire garden, UK, May
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Nick Upton / Rust fly (Psila fimeteria) standing on a leaf. Wiltshire garden, UK, June.
