Yellow and black striped hoverfly with transparent wings resting on the purple spikey flowers of a giant thistle in an allotment in Northumberland.

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Size: 4869px × 3246px
Location: Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Anita Nicholson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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