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Wiltshire Wildlife Trust volunteer digging a hole in a mown patch of a formerly farmed meadow, before planting a Devil's bit scabious (Succisa pratensis) plant plug to provide food for caterpillars of the Marsh fritillary butterfly (Euphydryas aurinia), Upper Minety Meadows reserve, Wiltshire, UK, June. Model released

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust volunteer digging a hole in a mown patch of a formerly farmed meadow, before planting a Devil's bit scabious (Succisa pratensis) plant plug to provide food for caterpillars of the Marsh fritillary butterfly (Euphydryas aurinia), Upper Minety Meadows reserve, Wiltshire, UK, June. Model released