Nick Upton / Juvenile Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) camouflaged on a Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowerhead, reacting to a nearby fly (Muscidae), Wiltshire, England, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Juvenile Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) camouflaged on a Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowerhead, reacting to a nearby fly (Muscidae) and a Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis),...

Philippe Clement / Parasite fly / tachinid fly (Tachina fera) feeding on nectar from Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) in summer, France. August.

Nick Upton / Downland villa bee fly (Villa cingulata) feeding on Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowers, Wiltshire, UK, July, Locally Endangered species.

Nick Upton / Dark-winged fungus gnat (Sciara hemerobioides) feeding on Common hogweed flowers (Heracleum sphondylium)Wiltshire, UK, July.

Kim Taylor / Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowers. Surrey, England, UK, November.

Kim Taylor / Soldier fly (Sargus species) on Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flower. Surrey, England. Digital composite.

Kim Taylor / Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowers. Surrey, England

Nick Upton / Green / Broad centurion soldier fly (Chloromyia formosa) female nectaring on Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) on hillside once used as a dumping ground, cleared of scrub to improve habitat for b...

Nick Upton / Parasite fly / Tachinid fly (Zophomyia temula), a nationally scarce species, feeding on Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) on grassland meadow cleared of scrub to improve the habitat for bees and...

Nick Upton / Wasp-mimicking Hoverfly (Chrysotoxum festivum) nectaring on Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) on hillside once used as a dumping ground, cleared of scrub to improve habitat for bees and other pol...

Nick Upton / Drone fly (Eristalis sp.) nectaring on Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) on hillside once used as a dumping ground, cleared of scrub to improve habitat for bees and other pollinators for Buglife'...