Caption

House sparrow (Passer domesticus), male, box tree moth (Cydalima perspectalis), caterpillar, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, the sparrow has a box tree moth caterpillar in its beak

Date

Jun 13, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Anja Uhlemeyer-Wrona

Reference

BRK26I03_208

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

68.7Mb (22.9Mb) / 20.0in x 13.3in / 6000 x 4000 (300dpi)

Keywords

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