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Konrad Wothe / Small tortoiseshell butterfly (Aglais urtica) in flight, with flower, Bavaria, Germany.
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Pål Hermansen,Pal Hermansen / Interior of old abandoned car, with nettles growing inside and a smashed windscreen, Varmland, Sweden
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Alex Hyde / Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) close up of stinging hairs, the silicified tips of the stinging hairs are brittle and snap off easily if the nettle is brushed. Focus stacked image. UK.
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Colin Varndell / Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) foliage in spring, Dorset, UK, May
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Stephen Dalton / Green aphid / Greenfly (Aphidoidea) extracting sap from stem of nettle, UK
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Nick Upton / Small tortoiseshell butterfly (Aglais urticae) caterpillars feeding in a dense group on Common nettle (Urtica dioica) leaves, Kenfig National Nature Reserve, Glamorgan, Wales, UK, May.
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Philippe Clement / Amber snail (Succinea putris) feeding on Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) leaves, Belgium. June.
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Adrian Davies / Peacock butterfly (Inachis io) caterpillars clustered on Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) Surrey, UK. June.
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Adrian Davies / Peacock butterfly (Inachis io) caterpillars clustered on Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) Surrey, UK. June.
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Guy Edwardes / Nettle weevil (Phyllobius pomaceus) on Common nettle (Urtica dioica), Dorchester, Dorset, UK, June.
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Cyril Ruoso / Nettles (Urtica dioica) in flower, Burgundy, France. September
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Nick Upton / Peacock butterfly (Inachis io) newly emerged caterpillars feeding in a dense group on Common nettle (Urtica dioica) leaves with remains of silk tents they hatched from visible, Wiltshire, UK, June.