Paul Hobson / Marsh fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia), group feeding on Marsh thistle (Cirsium palustre). Lincolnshire, England, UK.
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Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) resting on thistle in front of machinery for Wetland habitat creation for the RSPB by Breheny Civil Engineers at Bowers Marsh RSPB Reserve, RSPB Greater T...
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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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Ross Hoddinott / Marsh fritillary {Euphydryas aurinia} butterfly resting on Meadow thistle flower {Cirsium helenoides} Dunsdon, Devon, UK. June
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Colin Varndell / Marsh fritillary butterfly {Euphydryas aurinia} on thistle. UK.
Paul Hobson / Marsh fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) nectaring on Marsh thistle (Cirsium palustre). Lincolnshire, England, UK.
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Ross Hoddinott / Marsh fritillary butterfly (Euphydrayas aurinia) feeding on Meadow thistle flower (Cirsium helenoides), Dunsdon Nature Reserve, near Holsworthy, Devon, UK. June 18.
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Nick Upton / Marsh thistle (Cirsium palustre), white form, flowering in a damp woodland, Wiltshire, UK, June.
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Phil Savoie / Six spot burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae) in flight over grass meadow with flowering Black knapweed (Centaurea nigra), Cats ear (Hypochaens radicata), Common spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii) f...
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Phil Savoie / Six spot burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae) in flight over meadow with flowering Black knapweed (Centaurea nigra), Cats ear (Hypochaens radicata), Common spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii) flowers...
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Phil Savoie / Grass meadow with flowering Black knapweed (Centaurea nigra), Cats ear (Hypochaens radicata), Common spotted orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii), flowers, SSSI, Pentwyn Farm Gwent Wildlife Trust, Monmouths...
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Will Watson / White tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucurum) on Marsh Thistle (Cirsium palustre), Worcestershire, England, UK, August.
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Will Watson / Common brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni), with pollen attached to its wing, nectaring on Marsh Thistle (Cirsium palustre), Province of Leon, Spain. June.
MYN / Marko Masterl / Marsh Thistle (Cirsium palustre) in flower, Slovenia, Europe, July. meetyourneighbours.net project
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John Waters / White-tailed bumble bee (Bombus lucorum) in flight, approaching flower of Marsh thistle (Cirsium palustre). Ham Wall RSPB reserve near Glastonbury, Somerset, UK, June.
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John Waters / White-tailed bumble bee (Bombus lucorum) in flight, approaching flower of Marsh thistle (Cirsium palustre). Ham Wall RSPB reserve near Glastonbury, Somerset, UK, June.
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John Waters / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) in flight over Marsh thistle (Cirsium palustre) flower, Ham Wall RSPB reserve near Glastonbury, Somerset, UK, June.
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Alex Hyde / Marsh Thistle (Cirsium palustre) Derbyshire, UK. June.
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Nick Upton / Marsh thistle (Cirsium palustre) flowering in a damp lowland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, June.
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Nick Upton / A Marsh fly / Snail-killing fly (Dichetophora finlandica), nationally scarce in the UK, standing on a Woolly thistle leaf (Cirsium eriophorum), chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, June.
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Stephen Dalton / Rookery Pond, Weald of Sussex, UK, June 2011 - note Ragged robin, Horse-tail, Water dropwort, Marsh thistle, Buttercup and Speedwell, and Blue damselflies,
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Stephen Dalton / Rookery Pond, Weald of Sussex, UK, June 2011 - note Ragged robin, Horse-tail, Water dropwort, Marsh thistle, Buttercup and Speedwell, and Blue damselflies,
Loic Poidevin / Siskin (Carduelis spinus) on thistle. The Vendeen Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, February.
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Loic Poidevin / Blue Tit (Parus caeruleus) perched on a thistle. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, February.
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Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) resting on thistle in front of machinery for Wetland habitat creation for the RSPB by Breheny Civil Engineers at Bowers Marsh RSPB Reserve, RSPB Greater T...
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Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) resting on thistle in front of machinery for Wetland habitat creation for the RSPB by Breheny Civil Engineers at Bowers Marsh RSPB Reserve, RSPB Greater T...
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Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Marbled white butterflies (Melanargia galathea) resting on thistle in front of machinery for Wetland habitat creation for the RSPB by Breheny Civil Engineers at Bowers Marsh RSPB Reserve, RSPB Greater...
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Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Marbled white butterflies (Melanargia galathea) resting on thistle in front of machinery for Wetland habitat creation for the RSPB by Breheny Civil Engineers at Bowers Marsh RSPB Reserve, RSPB Greater...
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Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) resting on thistle in front of machinery for Wetland habitat creation for the RSPB by Breheny Civil Engineers at Bowers Marsh RSPB Reserve, RSPB Greater T...
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Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Marbled white butterflies (Melanargia galathea) resting on thistle in front of machinery for Wetland habitat creation for the RSPB by Breheny Civil Engineers at Bowers Marsh RSPB Reserve, RSPB Greater...
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Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) resting on thistle in front of machinery for Wetland habitat creation for the RSPB by Breheny Civil Engineers at Bowers Marsh RSPB Reserve, RSPB Greater T...
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Ross Hoddinott / Marsh Fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) butterfly resting on meadow thistle. Dunsdon (Devon Wildlife Trust) Nature Reserve, near Holsworthy, Devon, UK, May.
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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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Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Marsh Thistle (Cirsium palustre) flowering on managed grazing land, Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire, 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 / Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris) perched on thistle down, Buckinghamshire, UK, August
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Steve Nicholls / Narrow bordered five-spot burnet moths (Zygaena lonicerae) on Marsh thistle, Cleveland, UK, June
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Kim Taylor / Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia) female feeding on Marsh Thistle, UK.
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Premaphotos / Large fruit fly (Xyphosia miliaria) pair mating on Marsh thistle host plant, UK
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Nick Upton / Meadow thistles (Cirsium dissectum) flowering in a damp meadow, Kenfig National Nature Reserve, Glamorgan, Wales, UK, June.
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Will Watson / Marsh thistle (Cirsium palustre) in flower, Sturts Nature Reserve, SSSI, Herefordshire, England, UK. September. Focus stacked.
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Linda Pitkin / Meadow with flowering Common knapweed (Centaurea nigra), rayed form, Nutfield Marsh Nature Reserve, Surrey, England. July.
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Linda Pitkin / Common knapweed (Centaurea nigra), rayed form, in flower, Nutfield Marsh nature reserve, Surrey, England, July.
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Pal Hermansen / Marsh thistle (Cirsium palustre) leaves. Photograph taken with the Kirlian technique, a technique which allows imaging of electrical coronal discharge.
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Jussi Murtosaari / Large wall brown butterfly (Lasiommata maera) nectaring on Marsh thistle (Cirsium palustre). Jyvaskyla, Finland. July.
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Robin Chittenden / Large skipper butterfly (Ochlodes venatus) nectaring on Marsh thistle (Cirsium palustre). Beeston Common, Norfolk, England, UK. July.
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Robin Chittenden / Comma butterfly (Polygonia c-album) on Marsh thistle (Cirsium palustre) flower. Foxley Wood, Norfolk, England, UK. July.
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Neil Challis / Timelapse of Flower thrip (species unknown) feeding on Marsh thistle (Cirsium palustre), Finemere Wood, Buckinghamshire, UK, June.