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Flower head of Lady's Smock (Cuckoo Flower) (Cardamine pratensis) with freshly-laid white egg of the Orange Tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines)
The Orange Tip is a member of the Pieridae Family, which contains the 'whites' and 'yellows'
Photo ID: Orange_Tip_Egg_Freshly_Laid_(White)_on_Cuckoo_Flower_R_076EA
Photo size: 16.6 Mpixels (47.5 MB uncompressed) - 4992x3328 pixels (16.6x11.1 in / 42.3x28.2 cm at 300 ppi)
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