Downland villa bee fly (Villa cingulata) a Red data book endangered species feeding on Common hogweed flowers (Heracleum sphondylium) in a chalk grass

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Downland villa bee fly (Villa cingulata) a Red data book endangered species feeding on Common hogweed flowers (Heracleum sphondylium) in a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, July.

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Size: 4635px × 3090px
Location: Box, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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