Brassy longhorn moth (Nemophora metallica) male nectaring on a Field scabious (Knautia arvensis) flower, chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, July.

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Location: Box, Wiltshire, England, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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