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    Common carder bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum) foraging on Verbenum flowers (Verbenum bonariensis) in Wiltshire garden, UK, September. - Nick Upton/2020VISION

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    © Simon Hawkins

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    Blackthorn at Sydenham Hill Wood Daniel Greenwood

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    Marbled white butterfly at Hutcinson's Bank credit Matthew Rich

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Beautiful demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo), River Char, Charmouth, Dorset, England, UK - Guy Edwardes/2020VISION

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