Alex Hyde / Lesser burdock (Arctium minus) close up of seed hooks that catch on animal fur, allowing the seedhead to be transported, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. February.
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Nick Upton / Domestic sheep (Ovis aries) with Burdock (Arctium sp) burrs stuck to its fleece, Cornwall, UK, October.
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Nick Upton / Domestic sheep (Ovis aries) grazing on weeds in a stubble field with many Burdock (Arctium sp) burrs attached to their fleeces, Cornwall, UK, October.
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Kim Taylor / Burdock gall Fly (Terellia tussilaginis) female. Surrey, England, UK, July,
Alex Hyde / Lesser Burdock (Arctium minus) seedheads (burrs) showing velcro-like hooks that catch on animal fur, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. April.
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Albert Lleal / Burdock (Arctium sp) entangled on the hair of a Domestic Dog (Canis familiaris), inspiration for the invention of Velcro
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Rod Williams / Comma butterfly (Polygonia c-album) on common burdock with wings folded, Lewisham, London, UK, July.
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Nick Upton / Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) hovering near a Lesser burdock flower (Arctium minus), Gloucestershire, UK, July.
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Nick Upton / Lesser burdock (Arctium minus) with red stems and purple tinged spiny bracts on the flowerheads, about to flower in rough grassland near the coast, Gower Penisula, Wales, UK, July.
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Nick Upton / Burdock gall fly (Terellia tussilaginis) female feeding on an Oxeye daisy / Marguerite flower (Leucanthemum vulgare) chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, August.
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Adrian Davies / Wildflowers. including Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) and Burdock (Arctium) left to grow along the margin of a Barley (Hordeum vulgare) field, Prawle, Devon, England, UK, July.
