Title

Marbled White

Caption

Marbled White (Melanargia galathea) adult, feeding on Welted Thistle (Carduus crispus) flowers, Ranscombe Farm Nature Reserve, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

Jul 07, 2016

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Bob Gibbons

Reference

BRK22F91_353

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,4Mb (1,7Mb) / 17,7in x 11,7in / 5315 x 3513 (300dpi)

Keywords

British Brown Brush-footed butterflies Brush-footed butterfly Butterflies Butterfly Cardueae Carduoideae Carduus crispus County Kent Cynareae England Europe Farmyard Four-footed butterfly Golf High Angle View Hof Insect Insecta Insects Kent Lepidoptera Lepidopteran Marbled white Marbled whites Melanargia galathea Mimicry No People North Europe Northern Europe Nymphalidae Satyrid Satyrinae Satyrine Satyrines View from above adult adult animal adult animals animal animals bloom blossom blossoms building buildings copy curly plumeless thistle defence defend defending defense defenses deserted diurnal butterflies diurnal butterfly elevated view empty eyespot farm farmhouse farmhouses farms flower flowering flowers from above habitat high-angle shot high-angle view home house houses imitate imitating imitation imitations in flower ingestion looking down mature matures natural environment natural environments natural habitat natural preserve nature nature conservation area nature reserve nature reserves no one nobody ocellus out outdoor outdoors outside overhead plant plants protect protecting protective ranch ranches rural structure summer summery thistle thistles top down top down view top view topview uninhabited view down to the bottom welted thistle wildlife photography Asteraceae Autumn aster Compositae Great Britain UK United Kingdom animal feed animal feeds deception deceptions eat fauna feed feeding wildlife