Erica mauritanica Life
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A Honey Bee (Apis mellifera), taking nectar
from a flower of Erica mauritanica in spring on the low northern
granitic slopes of Steenberg below Ou Kaapse Weg on the Cape Peninsula,
South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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Erica mauritanica in full flower in spring
on the low northern granitic slopes of Steenberg below Ou Kaapse Weg on
the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photos
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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