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Picture of the day
A
peacock butterfly
(
Aglais io
) resting on
blackthorn
at
Otmoor RSPB reserve
in
Oxfordshire
, England. The peacock's four large
eyespots
on its wings act as an
anti-predator defence mechanism
.
Photograph:
Charles J. Sharp
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