Wild Wonders of Europe / Zacek / Female Great grey owl (Strix nebulosa) on hogweed in snow, Oulu, Finland, February 2009

Kim Taylor / Volucella Hoverfly (Volucella pellucens) feeding on Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowers. Surrey, UK, June.

Kim Taylor / Hornet (Vespa crabro) worker feeding on Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) UK.

Nick Upton / Downland villa bee fly (Villa cingulata) a Red data book endangered species feeding on Common hogweed flowers (Heracleum sphondylium) in a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Stem sawfly (Hartigia xanthostoma), a nationally rare species in the UK, feeding on Common hogweed flowers (Heracleum sphondylium) in a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, June.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowers, Brasov County, South Carpathian Mountains, Romania, August

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) seeds, close-up, Brasov County, Carpathian Mountains, Romania, August

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowers, Brasov County, South Carpathian Mountains, Romania, August

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) seeds, Brasov County, Carpathian Mountains, Romania, August

Colin Varndell / Female Common yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria) resting on a Giant hogweed (Hercaleum mantegazziaum) flower, Dorset, England, UK, June

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Frosted Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) seedhead. Dorchester, Dorset, England, UK, December.

Nick Upton / Flower chafer (Hoplia argentea) feeding on Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowers, Julian Alps, Slovenia, July