Paul Hobson / Marsh fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia), group feeding on Marsh thistle (Cirsium palustre). Lincolnshire, England, UK.
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Dave Bevan / Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) climbing a Thistle (Cirsium), UK, July. Captive.
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Dave Bevan / Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) climbing up and chewing on a thistle (Cirsium) stem, UK, July. Captive.
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Nick Upton / Slow motion cllip of a Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) nectaring on a Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) flower, with another trying to court with it, Wiltshire, England, UK, July.
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Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Chequered skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon) nectaring on a thistle (Cirsium), Glasdrum Wood National Nature Reserve, near Oban, Argyll, Scotland, UK, June.
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Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Marsh Thistle (Cirsium palustre) flowering on managed grazing land, Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire, UK, June
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Ernie Janes / Silhouette against the sun of floating seeds attached to Scottish spear thistle (Cirsium vulgare), UK. August
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B&S Draker / Three Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) females feeding on Texas thistle (Cirsium texanum). Sinton, Corpus Christi, Coastal Bend, Texas, USA, May.
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Hermans / Melancholy thistle (Cirsium heterophyllum) flowers, Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Republic of Ireland, June 2009
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Ross Hoddinott / Marsh fritillary {Euphydryas aurinia} butterfly resting on Meadow thistle flower {Cirsium helenoides} Dunsdon, Devon, UK. June
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Wothe / Flowering meadow with Thistles (Cirsium rivulare) and Buttercups (Ranunculus acris) Poloniny National Park, Western Carpathians, Eastern Slovakia, Europe, June 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Wothe / Flowering meadow with Thistles (Cirsium rivulare) Poloniny National Park, Western Carpathians, Eastern Slovakia, Europe, June 2009