Female common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus) ovipositing (laying eggs) on bird's-foot-trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)

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Size: 3069px × 2046px
Location: Oxenbourne Down, Queen Elizabeth Country Park, Clanfield, Hampshire, England, UK
Photo credit: © Gillian Pullinger / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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