Heather Angel / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) forages on pollen in Apple (Malus domestica) flower, collecting pollen in pollen basket. In garden, Surrey, England, UK. May.
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Edwin Giesbers / Turban buttercup (Ranunculus asiaticus) growing on bank beside footpath with sea beyond. Cyprus. April.
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Women picking Tea (Camelia sinensis) leaves by hand in organic tea fields, Temi Tea Garden, Sikkim, India, October 2018.
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Women picking Tea (Camelia sinensis) leaves by hand in organic tea fields, Temi Tea Garden, Sikkim, India, October 2018.
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Nick Upton / Red mason bees (Osmia bicornis) entering and leaving nest hole drilled into a log within an insect hotel, Gloucestershire, England, UK, April.
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Ann & Steve Toon / Malachite sunbird (Nectarinia famosa) feding at flower, Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Cape Town, South Africa, September
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Ann & Steve Toon / Orange-breasted sunbird (Anthobaphes violacea), Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Cape Town, South Africa, September
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Loic Poidevin / Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) in flower in botanic garden, Vendee, France, July.
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Kim Taylor / Timelapse of a cluster of Large white butterfly (Pieris brasssicae) eggs hatching over the course of a day, caterpillars begin to feed. Controlled conditions.
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Robert Thompson / Garden tiger moth (Arctia caja) Killard Point NNR, Ballyhornan, County Down, Northern Ireland.July.
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Phil Savoie / Garden bumblebee (Bombus hortorum) flying to Purple toadflax (Linaria purpurea) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, July.
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Dave Bevan / Large white (Pieris brassicae) caterpillars eating Broccoli (Brassica oleracea) leaves, with Small white (Pieris rapae) caterpillars, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK. September.
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Chris Mattison / Small White / Cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae) on Lavender, Sheffield, UK July (Focus-stacked image)
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Bernard Castelein / Raft spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus) on Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare), Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium August
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Alex Hyde / Leaf-cutter ant (Atta cephalotes) carrying pieces of leaf that they have harvested back to their underground fungus garden in their nest, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
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Alex Hyde / Leaf-cutter ants (Atta cephalotes) carrying pieces of leaf that they have harvested back to their underground fungus garden in their nest, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photographed in mobile field studi...
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Alex Hyde / Leaf-cutter ants (Atta cephalotes) carrying pieces of leaf that they have harvested back to their underground fungus garden in their nest, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photographed in mobile field studi...
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Pal Hermansen / Garden cross spider (Araneus diadematus) on web, Norway.
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Michael Hutchinson / Titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum), in flower, cultivated specimen in botanic garden, native to Sumatra. Kew Gardens, London, UK. 23 April 2016 This species has the largest unbranched flower inflores...
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Michael Hutchinson / Titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum), in flower, cultivated specimen in botanic garden, native to Sumatra. Kew Gardens, London, UK. 23 April 2016 This species has the largest unbranched flower inflores...
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Jussi Murtosaari / Garden warbler (Sylvia borin), catching flies in willow tree, Korpoo, Uto, Finland, May.
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Melvin Grey / Purple-throated woodstar hummingbird (Calliphlox mitchellii) hummingbird male flying to garden flower, Mindo Loma, Ecuador
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Pascal Pittorino / Horned pansy (Viola cornuta) in botanic garden, Var, France, March.
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Pascal Pittorino / Mediterranean tree frog (Hyla meridionalis) resting on a Red rose (Rosa sp) in organic garden, Toulon, Var, Provence, France, May.
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Juan Manuel Borrero / Vertical garden on the walls of a tower block, Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain, June 2013.
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Simon Colmer / Green-veined White butterfly egg (Pieris napi) above, Orange-tip butterfly egg (Anthocharis cardamines) below, on Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) Sussex, UK. June.
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Jussi Murtosaari / Green-veined white butterfly (Pieris napi) in flight, Jyvaskyla, Keski-Finland / Central Finland, Finland, September.
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Jean E. Roche / Vegetable marrows, Cidamos Garden, Alpilles, France, October.
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Ernie Janes / Small Tortoisehell Butterfly (Aglais urticae) on cone flowers (Echinacea) in garden with greenhouse in background England, UK, August.
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Ernie Janes / Montbretia (Crocosmias) in flower in Norfolk garden, England, UK, July.
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Eric Medard / Badger (Meles meles) in garden, taken at night with infra red remote camera trap, Mayenne, Pays de Loire, France, August.
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Shattil & Rozinski,Shattil & Rozinski / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) playing with a dead squirrel in a garden Denver, Colorado, USA, July.
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Konrad Wothe / Orchid (Arachnis flosaeris) in flower, hotel garden, Ranomafana, Madagascar, Africa. Non native species originally from Indonesia
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Ernie Janes / Magnolia 'Rustica rubra' in flower in garden, UK, May
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Benjamin Barthelemy / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae), Vallee de l'Eure (Eure Valley), Eure-et-Loir, France, August
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Ernie Janes / Garden centre with potted Hyacinth bulbs, Edgefield, Norfolk, January
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Andy Sands / Comma butterfly (Polygonia c-album) feeding on flower of Ice plant (Sedum) in garden, Hertfordshire, UK, September
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Dan Burton / Children in garden photographing flowers and insects. France, Europe, August. Model released.
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Jean E. Roche / Mixed cornflowers (Centaurea cyanus) in garden with wild Barley plants growing as weeds, Val de Loire, France, June
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Ernie Janes / Conference Pear tree (Pyrus communis) growing against wall in garden, UK
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Ernie Janes / West highland terrier amongst cultivated garden flowers
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Andrew Walmsley / Silver eye / Grey backed white eye (Zosterops lateralis) in flowering Pohutukawa tree (Metrosideros excelsa) Botanic Gardens, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand, December
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Edwin Giesbers / Brown-lipped / Grove / Banded snails (Cepaea nemoralis) on plant stem, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe
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Bernard Castelein / Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) flowering in grassland on misty morning, sun visible through trees. Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium. July 2018.
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Bernard Castelein / Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) flowering in grassland on misty morning, sun shining through trees. Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium. July 2018.
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Bernard Castelein / Cabbage white (Pieris brassicae) covered in dew droplets, on Knotweed (Polygonaceae) flower. Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium. September.
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Nigel Cattlin / Elder aphid (Aphis sambuci) infestation on the young shoot of ornamental Elder (Sambucus sp) in garden. Berkshire, England, UK. April.
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Nigel Cattlin / Spanish bluebell (Hyacinthoides hispanica) cross section of bulb with leaf and root development. Cultivated in garden. January.
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Nigel Cattlin / Spanish bluebell (Hyacinthoides hispanica) bulb with leaf and root development in late winter
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Nigel Cattlin / Spanish bluebell (Hyacinthoides hispanica) bulb with leaf and root development in late winter
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Nigel Cattlin / Tomato (Solanum lycopersicon) with blossom end rot, symptom of calcium deficiency, cultivated in glasshouse. Berkshire, England, UK. July.
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Nigel Cattlin / Lupin (Lupinus sp) leaves with powdery mildew caused by Fungus (Erysiphales). Cultivated in garden, Berkshire, England, UK. June.
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Nigel Cattlin / Common vetch (Vicia sativa) with Red ant (Myrmica rubra) on bud. Berkshire, England, UK. June.
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Nigel Cattlin / Cape pondweed (Aponogeton distachyos) on garden pond, Fly on petal. Berkshire, England, UK. May.
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Nigel Cattlin / Hairy bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta) leaf rosette with pinnate leaves, growing as garden weed. Berkshire, England, UK. May.
Nigel Cattlin / Fat-hen (Chenopodium album) seedling with cotyledons and four true leaves, annual arable weed.
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Nigel Cattlin / Cabbage (Brassica sp) with feeding damage caused by Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus). Berkshire, England, UK. April.
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Nigel Cattlin / Flea beetle (Phyllotreta sp) and feeding damage on Lilacflower (Aubrieta sp). Cultivated in garden, Berkshire, England, UK. April.
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Nigel Cattlin / Broad bean (Vicia faba), young plant with germinated seed, early leaves and roots, above and below ground.
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Nigel Cattlin / Dwarf daffodil (Narcissus triandrus 'Hawera'). Cultivated in garden. Berkshire, England, April
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Nigel Cattlin / Cleavers (Galium aparine) seedling with cotyledons and early leaf rosettes, growing as garden weed.
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Nigel Cattlin / White pasqueflower (Pulsatilla vulgaris 'Alba') cross section, close up of stamens and stigma, cultivated in garden. Berkshire, England, UK. April.
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Nigel Cattlin / Doyenne du Comice pear (Pyrus communis) fruit with deformity caused by Pear stony pit virus. Berkshire, England, UK. October.
Nigel Cattlin / Powdery mildew (Podosphaera pannosa) on Rose (Rosa sp) buds. Cultivated in garden, Berkshire, England, UK. June.
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Nigel Cattlin / Powdery mildew (Podosphaera pannosa) on Rose (Rosa sp) leaves. Cultivated in garden, Berkshire, England, UK. June.
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Nigel Cattlin / Cushion scale insect (Pulvinaria floccifera) laying eggs on underside of cultivated Rhododendron (Rhododendron sp) leaf. In garden, Berkshire, England, UK. June.
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Nigel Cattlin / Cabbage (Brassica oleracea) plants damaged, stripped and pecked by Wood pigeon and other birds in vegetable garden. Berkshire, England, UK. May.
Nigel Cattlin / Onions, Garlic and Shallots (Allium spp) in plastic baskets on market stall, Bangkok food market, Thailand. 2015.
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Ann & Steve Toon / Cape sugarbird (Promerops cafer), Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Cape Town, South Africa.
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Loic Poidevin / Large White butterfly (Pieris brassicae) feeding on Verbena (Verbena bonariensis) flower, Vendée, France. August.
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Phil Savoie / Garden bumblebee (Bombus hortorum) worker flying to Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, June.
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Phil Savoie / Garden bumblebee (Bombus hortorum), on Purple toadflax (Linaria purpurea), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. June.
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Phil Savoie / Tree bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum) on Purple toadflax (Linaria purpurea), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. June.
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Phil Savoie / Tree bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum), on Purple toadflax (Linaria purpurea), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. June.
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Phil Savoie / Tree bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum) feeding on Cherry blossom (Prunus sp.), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. June
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Phil Savoie / Garden bumblebee (Bombus hortorum) female flying to Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. March
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Phil Savoie / Tree bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum), nectar robbing from Comfrey (Symphytum officinale), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May.
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Phil Savoie / Tree bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum) feeding from Green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. July
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Phil Savoie / Tree bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum) (Bombus partorum),feeding on Hardy geranium (Geranium sp.), flower, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May.
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Alan Williams / Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) nectaring on Common blanket flower (Gaillardia aristata) in garden. Cheshire, England, UK. July.
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Alan Williams / Patchwork leaf-cutter bee (Megachile centuncularis) nectaring on Erigeron flower in garden. Cheshire, England, UK. June.
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Heather Angel / Red wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata) feeding on nectar of flame grevillea (Grevillea excelsior) Kings Park, Western Australia Botanic garden, Western Australia.
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Ernie Janes / Sweet iris (Iris pallida), water droplets and fly on petals. Cultivated in garden. Native to Dalmation Coast, Croatia.
