A common mallow flower being investigated by a male thick-legged flower beetle at Crossness Nature Reserve. June.

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Common mallow (Malva sylvestris) with an adult male thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis) about to feed at Crossness Nature Reserve, Bexley, Kent. June.

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Size: 5100px × 3386px
Location: Crossness Nature Reserve Bexley Kent England UK United Kingdom Europe
Photo credit: © DP Wildlife Flowers / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: beetle, common, ecology, environment, flower, insect, invertebrate, mallow, malva, nature, nobilis, oedemera, sylvestris, thick-legged, wildflower, wildlife