White-tailed bumble bee on echinacea in garden in Shropshire

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Photograph by wildlife photographer Andrew Fusek Peters

“I have become more and more interested in the background to my photos, and as this white-tailed bumble bee settled on some spiky, hedgehog-like Echinacea, I saw my chance. Behind the bee, a stand of purple phlox added a perfect blurred background turning this picture almost painterly”