Lorraine Bennery / Crab spider (Misumena vatia) and its prey (Leptidea sp.) on Viper's bugloss flower (Echium vulgare), Fontainebleau forest, France, July.

Lorraine Bennery / Crab spider (Misumena vatia) on Viper's bugloss flower (Echium vulgare), Fontainebleau forest, France, July.

Colin Varndell / Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) in flower in Kingbarrow Quarry, Portland, Dorset, UK. July

Andres M. Dominguez / Juvenile Common stonechat (Saxicola torquata) in a Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) flowering. Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain, May.

Nick Upton / Viper's bugloss clump (Echium vulgare) flowering on Piva plateau among limestone scree, near Trsa, Montenegro, July.

Alex Hyde / Viper's Bugloss / Blueweed (Echium vulgare) Nordtirol, Austrian Alps, 1700 metres altitude, July.

Gary K. Smith / Wasteland on industrial estate with wildflowers including Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea), Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum) and Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) Norfolk, England UK. July

Dave Bevan / Large skipper (Ochlodes venatus) feeding on nectar from Vipers bugloss (Echium vulgare) Hungary, June.

Dave Bevan / Eastern bath white (Pontia daplidice) male feeding on Vipers bugloss (Echium vulgare) Hungary, June.

Dave Bevan / Wartbiter cricket (Decticus verructivorus) male at rest on Vipers bugloss (Echium vulgare) Hungary, June.

Chris Mattison / Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) Oxwich Nature Reserve, Gower, South Wales, UK, June.

Ann & Steve Toon / Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) being grown for seed by Landlife, Inglenook Farm, Rainford, Merseyside, UK, June.