Flowering musk thistle, Carduus nutans, purple flower with flower beetles, Brassicogethes aeneus, on downland pasture, Berkshire, Ju

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Flowering musk thistle, Carduus nutans, purple flower with flower beetles, Meligethes aeneus, on downland pasture, Berkshire, July

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Photo credit: © Nigel Cattlin / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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