Carlos Zorrilla / Male Orchid bee (Euglossini sp.) on an orchid (Lycomormium ecuadorense) flower trying to remove pollinia attached to its back, Ecuador, April.
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Jack Dykinga / Desert lilies (Hesperocallis undulata) flowering in spring on dunes at dawn. Mohawk Dunes, Barry M. Goldwater Range, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA.
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Jack Dykinga / Joshua Trees (Yucca brevifolia) of the Mojave Desert at dawn encircled with flowering lupines. (Lupinus sp,) Mohave County, Castaneda Wash, Arizona, USA.
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Guy Edwardes / Pallas's long-tongued Bat (Glossophaga soricina) feeding on Clock vine (Thunbergia mysorensis), lowland rainforest, Costa Rica. November.
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Guy Edwardes / Orange nectar bat (Lonchophylla robusta) feeding on Little clamshell orchid (Prosthechea cochleata), lowland rainforest, Costa Rica. November.
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Ross Hoddinott / Snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis) silhouetted at twilight, double exposure, Broxwater, Cornwall, UK. February 2017.
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Derek Galon / Timelapse of Walking iris (Neomarica caerulea) flowers opening. Controlled conditions, native to Brazil.
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Steve Nicholls / Common twayblade (Neottia ovata) growing at Bowlees in Upper Teesdale, County Durham, England, UK, June.
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Guy Edwardes / Marbled white (Melanagria galathea), two butterflies on Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis). Badbury Rings, Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England, UK. June.
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Nick Upton / Male Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis), with a Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) pollinium attached to its head, nectaring on Common hogweed flowers (Heracleum sphondylium), Wiltsh...
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John Shaw / Abandoned house in middle of a wheat field. Palouse farming area, south eastern Washington, USA, August.
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Konrad Wothe / Gladiolus (Gladiolus palustris) flowering with meadow brown butterfly (Maniola jurtina), Upper Bavaria, Germany.
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Jack Dykinga / Yellow California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) and orange California poppies (Eschscholzia californica) carpet the hillside, with flowering Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia) in the forground. Antel...
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Jack Dykinga / Yellow California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) and orange California Poppies (Eschscholzia californica), with a flowering Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia). Antelope Butte, near the Antelope Valley...
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Jack Dykinga / Yellow California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) and orange California Poppies (Eschscholzia californica), with a flowering Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia). Antelope Butte, near the Antelope Valley...
Steve Downer / Tracking shot of Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) in flower, Millison's Wood, Solihull, West Midlands, UK May.
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Guy Edwardes / Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) covered slope with Colmer's Hill in background, Eype Down, Bridport, Dorset, England, UK. May 2014.
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Guy Edwardes / Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) on Eype Down with Colmer's Hill in background, Bridport, Dorset, England, UK. May 2014.
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Guy Edwardes / Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) and Gorse (Ulex europaeus) on Corfe Common, Corfe Castle in background, Dorset, England, UK. May 2017.
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Guy Edwardes / Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) at Corfe Common, Corfe Castle in background, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK. May 2014.
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Ross Hoddinott / Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) growing, Marsland Mouth, Devon Wildlife Trust, Devon, UK. April 2017.
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Ross Hoddinott / Two small pearl-bordered fritillary butterflies (Boloria selene) resting on bluebell, Marsland mouth, North Devon, UK. May 2017.
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Ross Hoddinott / Small pearl-bordered fritillary butterfly (Boloria selene), Marsland mouth, Cornwall, UK. JUne 2016.
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Ross Hoddinott / Marsh fritillaries (Euphydryas aurinia) resting on spotted heath orchid (Dactylorhiza maculata), Dunsdon, near Holsworthy, Devon, UK. June 2016.
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Ross Hoddinott / Early-purple orchids (Orchis mascula), Broxwater, Cornwall, UK. April 2017.
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Ross Hoddinott / Common spotted orchids (Dactylorhiza fuchsii), backlit, Volehouse nature reserve, Devon, UK, June 2017.
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Jack Dykinga / Agave (Agave utahensis) close up of spines with Pinyon pine cone (Pinus edulis) wedged amongst them. Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, Arizona, USA
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Jack Dykinga / Quiver trees (Aloe dichotoma) with full moon rising, Namib Desert. Namibia.
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Jack Dykinga / Quiver trees (Aloe dichotoma) with full moon rising, Namib Desert. Namibia.
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Jack Dykinga / Waterfall with intense run off due to Hurricane Newton, with Agave. Santa Catalina Mountains, Coronado National Forest, Arizona, USA, September
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Lorraine Bennery / Knapweed fritillary butterflies (Melitaea phoebe) on Green winged orchid (Anacamptis morio), Grands Causses Regional Natural Park, France, May.
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Jack Dykinga / Quiver trees (Aloe dichotoma) at sunset, Namib Desert, Namibia.
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Jack Dykinga / Quiver trees (Aloe dichotoma) at sunrise, Namib Desert, Namibia.
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Jack Dykinga / Quiver trees (Aloe dichotoma) at sunset with moon, Namib Desert, Namibia.
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Neil Aldridge / Two Lady's slipper orchids (Cypripedium calceolus) in flower in spring in woodland near Kuressaare, Saaremaa, Estonia.
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Terry Whittaker / Water vole (Arvicola amphibius) feeding on Yellow flag iris (Iris pseudacorus) seed pods, Kent, England, UK. October.
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Floris van Breugel / Desert agave (Agave deserti) has skewered a ball of spines shed by neighboring Cholla cactus (Cylindropuntia bigelovii) Anza-Borrego State Park, California, USA March
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Floris van Breugel / Close up of (Agave) plant leaves, California, USA November
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Alex Hyde / Fragrant Orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea) and Yellow Rattle (Rhinanthus sp.) flowering in ancient alpine hay meadow. Nordtirol, Austrian Alps. June.
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Andres M. Dominguez / Orchid (Ophrys atlantica) Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, Benaocaz, southern Spain, May.
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Andres M. Dominguez / Dark-red helleborine (Epipactis atrorubens) Linares, Cantabria, Spain, August.
