Nick Upton / Walled fields of Prickly pear / Barbary fig (Opuntia ficus-indica) on volcanic soil, formerly harvested for Cochineal insects (Dactylopius coccus), with Monte Corona volcanic peak in the background, n...
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Sandesh Kadur / Indian giant squirrel (Ratufa indica) on Curtain fig (Ficus microcarpa) Tamil Nadu, India.
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Sandesh Kadur / Indian giant squirrel (Ratufa indica) on Curtain fig (Ficus microcarpa) Tamil Nadu, India.
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Sandesh Kadur / Indian giant squirrel (Ratufa indica) on Curtain fig (Ficus microcarpa) Karnataka, Western Ghats, India.
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Nick Upton / Prickly pear / Barbary fig (Opuntia ficus-indica) growing beside coastal footpath around the Acronauplia peninsula below the Citadel, Nafplio, Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece, August.
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Nick Upton / Cochineal insect (Dactylopius coccus), dense colony of scale insects from which the red dye cochineal is extracted, on Prickly pear cactus / Barbary fig (Opuntia ficus-indica) leaf, Gran Canaria, Cana...
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Nick Upton / Tropical tent-web spider (Cyrtophora citricola) webs shrouding a large stand of Prickly pear cactus / Barbary fig (Opuntia ficus-indica), Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, June.
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Nick Upton / Female Tropical tent-web spider (Cyrtophora citricola) guarding a string of egg sacs within a communal web shrouding a stand of Prickly pear cactus / Barbary fig (Opuntia ficus-indica), Gran Canaria,...
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Nick Upton / Prickly pear cactus / Barbary fig (Opuntia ficus-indica / Opuntia maxima) flowers, Gran Canaria UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Gran Canaria. Canary Islands, June.