Philippe Clement / Spear thistle flower {Cirsium vulgare} Belgium
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Philippe Clement / Second generation Map butterfly {Araschnia levana} and Hoverflies on thistle
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Martin Gabriel / Carline thistle flowers {Carlina aucalis} Bavaria, Germany
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Philippe Clement / Spear thistle flower {Cirsium vulgare} Belgium
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Martin Gabriel / Carline thistle flower {Carlina aucalis} Bavaria, Germany
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Kim Taylor / RF- Large white / Cabbage white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) taking off from thistle. UK, Digital composite. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Tony Evans / Musk thistle flowering in field {Carduus nutans} Powys, Wales, UK
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Ross Hoddinott / Spear thistle flower {Cirsium vulgare} Cornwall, UK
Geoff Simpson / Spear thistle {Cirsium vulgare} flowering, UK
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Jose B. Ruiz / Prickly sow thistle in flower {Sonchus tenerrimus} Spain
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Daniel Gomez / Cardoon / Artichoke thistle {Cynara cardunculus} Argentina brought into South America in grass seed by Spanish settlers. Now a weed in Pampas grasslands displacing native species. Cardo de Castilla
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Jabruson / Mountain gorilla 'Rafiki' {Gorilla beringei} feeding on thistles. Virunga NP, Dem Rep of Congo