7-spot ladybird emerging from pupa

Close up of a 7-spot ladybird (Coccinella 7-punctata) emerging from its pupa on a bracken frond in a Surrey hedgerow in summer

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43503NDO.jpg

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(c) Papilio/Nigel Downer

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3740x2844 / 2.0MB

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