purple emperor (Apatura iris), caterpillar at a branch fork, Germany

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Size: 3495px × 5315px
Location: Deutschland
Photo credit: © blickwinkel/H. Bellmann/F. Hecker / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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