Hoverfly (Ferdinandea cuprea) visiting a Woolly thistle (Cirsium eriophorum) flowerhead in a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, August.

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Location: Box, Wiltshire, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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