Newly emerged Thistle ermine moth (Myelois circumvoluta) resting under a leaf of its food plant Woolly thistle (Cirsium eriophorum), Wiltshire, UK

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Newly emerged Thistle ermine moth (Myelois circumvoluta) resting under the leaf of a larval food plant for this species, Woolly thistle (Cirsium eriophorum) in a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, July.

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Size: 3712px × 4949px
Location: Box, Wiltshire, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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