Kim Taylor / Red-tipped Flower Beetle (Malachius bipustulatus) taking off from a Brome grass head. Surrey, UK

Jussi Murtosaari / Red-tipped Clearwing Moth (Synanthedon formicaeformis) adult among a beetle and flies on Umbellifera (Umberlliferae / Apiacea) flower, Finland, July

Nick Upton / Common malachite / Red-tipped flower beetle (Malachius bipustulatus) preparing to take off from Common Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) Wiltshire, UK, May.

Andy Sands / Common malachite beetle (Malachius bipustulatus) roosting in very early morning covered in dew. Hertfordshire, England, UK. June. Focus Stacked.

Andy Sands / Common malachite beetle (Malachius bipustulatus) sitting on petals of Oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare). Buckinghamshire, England, UK. May. Focus Stacked.

Neil Challis / Green malachite beetle (Malachius bipustulatus) feeding on grass pollen, Finemere Wood, Buckinghamshire, UK, May. Macro.

Andy Sands / Green malachite beetle (Malachius bipustulatus) basking on a leaf, Hertfordshire, England, UK, April - Focus Stacked

Rod Williams / Common Malachite Beetle (Malachius bipustulatus) Feeding on dandelion Hutchinson's Bank,New Addington May 2015