Caption

Thistle butterfly (Vanessa cardui) underside, sucking nectar on summer lilac (Buddleja davidii), butterfly bush, in a natural environment in the wild, wildlife, insects, butterflies, butterflies, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date

Aug 18, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Friedhelm Adam

Reference

BRK26A89_111

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

52.7Mb (3.6Mb) / 17.5in x 11.7in / 5255 x 3503 (300dpi)

Keywords

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