Meadow Brown butterflies (Maniola jurtina) mating on a ragwort flower

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A pair of Meadow Brown butterflies (Maniola jurtina) mating on a ragwort flower (Senecio jacobaea) on chalk grassland of Martin Down National Nature Reserve, Hampshire, England, UK. August 2012.

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Size: 4633px × 3101px
Location: Martin Down National Nature Reserve, Hampshire, England, UK.
Photo credit: © H Lansdown / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: british, brown, butterflies, butterfly, copulating, copulation, insect, insects, jacobaea, jurtina, lepidoptera, maniola, mating, meadow, nature, pair, ragwort, senecio, uk, wildlife