Nick Upton / Male Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis), with a Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) pollinium attached to its head, nectaring on Common hogweed flowers (Heracleum sphondylium), Wiltsh...
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Beetle, (Rhagonycha fulva), feeding on oxeye daisy flower, Scotland, UK, July.
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Paul Hobson / Glowworm (Lampyris noctiluca) at night, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, August.
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Chris Mattison / Black-headed cardinal beetle (Pyrochroa coccinea) larva and adult, on white background. Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. Digital composite.
Chris Mattison / Black-headed cardinal beetle (Pyrochroa coccinea) larva on white background. Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. November.
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Heather Angel / Saxon wasp (Dolichovespula saxonica) and Common red soldier beetles (Rhagonycha fulva) feeding on Broad leaved helleborine (Epipactis helleborine). Surrey, England, UK. August.
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Nick Upton / Male Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis), with a Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) pollinium attached to its head, nectaring on Common hogweed flowers (Heracleum sphondylium), Wiltsh...
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Nick Upton / Female Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis) and a Meadow brown butterfly (Maniola jurtina) nectaring on Greater knapweed flowers (Centaurea scabiosa) in a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, E...
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Nick Upton / Female Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis) and a Meadow brown butterfly (Maniola jurtina) nectaring on a Greater knapweed flower (Centaurea scabiosa) in a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire,...
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Nick Upton / Juvenile Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) camouflaged on a Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowerhead, reacting to a nearby fly (Muscidae) and a Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis),...
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Nick Upton / Male Thick-legged / Swollen-thighed flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis) feeding on nectar and pollen on a Meadow buttercup (Ranunculus acris) flower, England, UK. May.