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007a European bee-eater chasing an Aglais butterfly in flight in Pfyn-Finges Photo by Giles Laurent
2025-06-08
- Classification
- Photograph
- Museum
- Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- CC BY-SA 4.0, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Kids profiles and older: it shows nature, places, still life or a children's book. How works are placed
About this work
Extremely rare shot of a European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) chasing an Aglais butterfly in flight in Pfyn-Finges, Switzerland. The bird had already caught the butterfly a first time but when he threw it in the air to swallow it a big gust of wind gave a second chance to the butterfly to live another day but the bird came directly chasing it again and this is when this extremely lucky photo was taken.
