Uncut Insects. Butomus umbellatus, Flowering Rush, Ruwelswal, Driemond, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Already in Classical Antiquity this pretty flowering plant was notorious for its sharp leaves. Hence the name 'Butomus', something like 'Ox-cutter' in English; it would not do as animal fodder. But insects remain uncut. Here along a ditch the summer-flowering blossoms is being visited by a Fly and a Hoverfly.

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