A Red Admiral "Vanessa atalanta" basking in the autumn sunshine on a stinging nettle "Urtica dioica" in a nature reserve on the Somerset Levels.

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Size: 4288px × 2848px
Location: Somerset Levels, Somerset, UK
Photo credit: © Philip Bishop / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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