Nick Upton / Sand-loving / Square-headed wasp (Tachysphex costae) feeding on Sea holly flowers (Eryngium maritimum) on a beach, Sardinia, Italy, June.
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Gary K. Smith / Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly (Aglais urticae) feeding on Sea Holly flowers (Eryngium maritimum) on coastal dunes, North Norfolk, England, August.
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Edwin Giesbers / Sea holly (Eryngium maritimum) growing in sand dune, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe
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Alan Williams / Meadow brown butterfly (Maniola jurtina) nectaring on Sea Holly (Eryngium maritimum) flower. Dee Estuary, Wirral, Mersyside, UK. July.
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Nick Upton / European paper wasp (Polistes dominula) building its nest on Sea holly (Eryngium maritimum) on a beach, Sardinia, Italy, June.
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Nick Upton / A strictly nectar-feeding Horse fly (Pangonius striatus), endemic to Sardinia, feeding on Sea holly flowers (Eryngium maritimum) on a beach, Sardinia, Italy, June.
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Nick Upton / European dwarf mantis (Ameles spallanzania / Ameles africana) male hunting on Sea holly flowers (Eryngium maritimum) on a beach, Sardinia, Italy, June.
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Nick Upton / Small heath butterfly, southern form (Coenonympha pamphilus lyllus) feeding on Sea holly flowers (Eryngium maritimum) on a beach, Sardinia, Italy, June.
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Nick Upton / Parasitoid wasp (Leucospis gigas) feeding on Sea holly flowers (Eryngium maritimum) on a beach, Sardinia, Italy, June.
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Alan Williams / Sea Holly (Eryngium maritimum) growing on sand dunes by shore of Dee Estuary near Hoylake, Wirral, UK, July.