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Silvia Reiche / Brown Hairstreak (Thecla betulae) butterfly resting on blade of grass, Netherlands
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Tony Wu / Female Northern pygmy squid (Idiosepius paradoxus) depositing eggs on a blade of eelgrass (Zostera marina), Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
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Tony Wu / Female Northern pygmy squid (Idiosepius paradoxus) preparing to lay another egg on a blade of eelgrass (Zostera marina), Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
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Fiona Rogers / Eastern chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii) infant male 'Google' aged 2 years, portrait. Gombe National Park, Tanzania.
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Steve Downer / Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) feeding on grass, controlled conditions.
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David Kjaer / Duke of Burgundy butterfly (Hamearis lucina), Wiltshire, UK, June.
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Robert Thompson / Black veined white butterfly (Aporia crataegi) on grass, Gavarnie-Gedre, Pyrenees National Park, France, June.
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Eric Baccega / Common hamster feeding (Cricetus cricetus) Alsace, France, April, captive
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Paul Harcourt Davies / Short-horned grasshoppers (Calliptamus italicus) mating, showing sexual dimorphism, Pescia Romana, Tarquinia, Umbria, Italy, September
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Benjamin Barthelemy / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae), Vallee de l'Eure (Eure Valley), Eure-et-Loir, France, August
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George Sanker / Portrait of Golden Mantled Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus lateralis) with a blade of grass in its mouth. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, May.
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Simon Colmer / Caterpillar larva of Muslin Moth (Diaphora mendica) on Couch grass, Sussex, UK, July
