Seven week old Marsh fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) caterpillars feeding on Devil's bit scabious (Succisa pratensis) leaves, their larval food plant.

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Seven week old Marsh fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) caterpillars feeding on Devil's bit scabious (Succisa pratensis) leaves, their larval food plant, under a silken web they have spun in a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, August.

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Size: 3058px × 4077px
Location: Box, Wiltshire, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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