Nick Upton / Horse fly (Pangonius funebris), a carpenter bee mimic, using its long proboscis to forage on Milk thistle (Carduus marianus), Lesbos / Lesvos, Greece, May.
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Nick Upton / Lesbian / Balkan marbled white (Melanarge larissa lesbina) feeding from Milk thistle (Silybum marianum = Carduus marianum) near the coast, Lesbos / Lesvos, Greece, May.
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Nick Upton / Lesbian / Balkan marbled white (Melanarge larissa lesbina) feeding from Milk thistle (Silybum marianum = Carduus marianum) alongside a Burnet moth (Zygaena punctum), Lesbos / Lesvos, Greece, May.
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Brent Stephenson / Male Common drone fly (Eristalis tenax) on a Variegated / Milk thistle (Silybum marianum) flower, Cape Kidnappers, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, November.
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Jean E. Roche / Milk thistle (Silybum marianum) seeds, Camargue, France, October.
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Nick Upton / A nectar-feeding species of Horse fly (Pangonius funebris), a carpenter bee mimic, using its long proboscis to forage on Milk thistle (Carduus marianus) near the coast with the sea in the background,...