Theo Bosboom / Banded demoiselles (Calopteryx splendens) males roosting among common nettles, Roosendaal, the Netherlands. July.

Pål Hermansen,Pal Hermansen / Interior of old abandoned car, with nettles growing inside and a smashed windscreen, Varmland, Sweden

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) feeding on buddleia flowers, Carrbridge, Inverness-shire, Scotland, UK, August. Did you know? Tortoiseshell butterfly caterpillars feed on nettles, and live in gro...

Nick Turner / Cotswolds Lion rare breed sheep (Ovis aries) and the village of Naunton at sunset, Gloucestershire, UK, June 2001.

Loic Poidevin / Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) among nettles. Farne Isles, UK, June.

Neil Lucas / Sea nettles (Chrysaora quinquecirrha) in aquarium, with crowd of people watching, Atlanta, USA, October 2009

Paul Johnson / Fallow deer fawn lies camouflaged in nettles. England

Rod Williams / Small tortoiseshell larvae (Aglais urticae) on nettles, London, England, UK, July.

Cyril Ruoso / Azteca ants (Azteca) which live in association with the Cecropia tree, the tree has an empty trunk where the ants can nest and provides them with nectar. Barro Colorado Island, Gatun Lake, Panama Can...

Pal Hermansen / Old cars surrounded by Nettles (Urtica dioica) in car graveyard, Bastnas car graveyard, Sweden, July.

Nick Upton / Red dead nettle (Lamium purpureum) growing on a roadside verge, Bath and Northeast Somerset, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Low angle view of a dense stand of Yellow archangel (Lamium galeobdolum) flowering in a woodland clearing, GWT Lower Woods reserve, Gloucestershire, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Dense stand of Yellow archangel (Lamium galeobdolum) flowering in a woodland clearing, GWT Lower Woods reserve, Gloucestershire, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Dense stand of Yellow archangel (Lamium galeobdolum) flowering in a woodland clearing, GWT Lower Woods reserve, Gloucestershire, UK, May.

Pal Hermansen / Rusting cars surrounded with nettles (Urtica sp) Bastnas car graveyard, Varmland, Sweden, June.

Nick Upton / Low angle view of White dead nettles (Lamium album) growing on a roadside bank, Wiltshire, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Low angle view of White dead nettles (Lamium album) growing on a roadside bank, Wiltshire, UK, April.

Bernard Castelein / Map Butterfly (Araschnia levana), Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium, august 2012

Ernie Janes / Terracotta flowerpots on wasteland, Norfollk, UK

Andy Sands / Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin) perched among nettles, Hertfordshire, England, UK, April

Andy Sands / Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin) perched among nettles, Hertfordshire, England, UK, April

Paul Harcourt Davies / Annual nettle (Urtica urens) flowers, Italy

Alex Hyde / Red Admiral butterfly {Vanessa atalanta} on Nettle, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, England. August.

Stephen Dalton / Close up of stinging spine of a Nettle plant {Urtica sp} Poison is visible at tip of left barb, UK

Philippe Clement / Common buzzard (Buteo buteo) flying over meadow, captive, England, UK

Andrew Parkinson / Young European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) portrait, Norfolk, UK, May

Tim Martin / Nettle weevils (Phyllobius pomaceus) mating on nettles. South Wales, UK. May

Adrian Davies / Flowering Greater dodder (Cuscuta europaea), a parasitic plant, entwined around Common Nettle (Urtica dioica), UK

Adrian Davies / Flowering Greater Dodder (Cuscuta europaea), a parasitic plant, entwined around Common Nettle (Urtica dioica), UK

Adrian Davies / Greater Dodder (Cuscuta europaea), a parasitic plant, entwined around Common Nettle (Urtica dioica), UK

Adrian Davies / Greater Dodder (Cuscuta europaea), a parasitic plant, entwined around Common Nettle (Urtica dioica), UK

Adrian Davies / Flowering Greater Dodder (Cuscuta europaea), a parasitic plant, entwined around Common Nettle (Urtica dioica), UK

Jose B. Ruiz / Patch of Stinging nettles {Urtica dioica} Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Flowering Nettle {Urtica sp.} Spain

Andy Sands / Whitethroat {Sylvia communis} male singing on branch among Nettles, West Sussex, England

Philippe Clement / Stinging nettle flower {Urtica dioica} Belgium

Brian Lightfoot / Red dead nettle {Lamium purpureum} Scotland, UK.

Philippe Clement / Stinging nettle flower {Urtica dioica} Belgium

Philippe Clement / Looking down on Stinging nettle leaves {Urtica dioica} Belgium

Duncan Mcewan / Small Tortoiseshell butterfly on nettle plant - larval foodplant

Flip de Nooyer / Short-tailed Weasel (Mustela erminea) amid nettles, Europe

Adrian Davies / Kirlian photograph of Nettle leaf {Urtica sp}

Duncan Mcewan / Meadow Brown butterflies mating pair (Maniola jurtina) on nettles (Urtica dioica)

TJ Rich / Roe deer fawn portrait 3-weeks-old {Capreolus capreolus} Scotland, UK - amongst nettles

Jose B. Ruiz / Stinging nettle {Urtica dioica} Spain

Nigel Cattlin / Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) seedling on bare soil, Berkshire, UK. May.

Andrew Parkinson / Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) juvenile, sitting under nettles Norfolk, UK. June. June.

Andrew Parkinson / Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) juvenile, sitting upright next to Nettles (Urtica dioica), Norfolk, UK. May.

Russell Laman / Chain of Salps (Thaliacea) floating in front of Pacific sea nettles (Chrysaora fuscescens), Monterey, California, USA, Pacific Ocean.

Russell Laman / Pacific sea nettles (Chrysaora fuscescens) swarming in the murky waters off Monterey, California, USA, Pacific Ocean.

Russell Laman / Pacific sea nettles (Chrysaora fuscescens) swarming in the murky waters off Monterey, California, USA, Pacific Ocean.

Russell Laman / Pacific sea nettles (Chrysaora fuscescens) swarming in the murky waters off Monterey, California, USA, Pacific Ocean.

Russell Laman / Pacific sea nettles (Chrysaora fuscescens) swarming in the murky waters off Monterey, California, USA, Pacific Ocean.

Russell Laman / Pacific sea nettles (Chrysaora fuscescens) swarming in the murky waters off Monterey, California, USA, Pacific Ocean. The Nature Conservancy Photo Contest 2023 - First place - Underwater category.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Two Namibian sea nettles (Chrysaora fulgida) portrait, Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium. Captive, occurs in southeastern Atlantic Ocean.

Jouan & Rius / Black headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) sitting on nest amongst grass and nettles (Urtica dioica), Northumberland, UK, May.

Konrad Wothe / European peacock butterfly (Inachis io) caterpillar feeding on stinging nettles, Bavaria, Germany. August.

Russell Laman / California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) looking down at sea lion carcass on ocean floor as Pacific sea nettles jelllyfish (Chrysaora fuscescens) drift by. Monterey Bay, California, USA, Pacific O...

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Two Namibian sea nettles (Chrysaora fulgida) swimming, Omaha Zoo. Captive.

David Tipling / Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) standing amongst nettles just prior to mating, in song, Kent, UK. April.

Cyril Ruoso / Nettles (Urtica dioica) in flower, Burgundy, France. September

Neil Challis / Melanistic Fallow deer (Dama dama) grazing amongst nettles in woods, Ashridge Estate, Hertfordshire, UK, May.

Nigel Cattlin / Chlorosis on stinging nettles (Urtica diocia) caused by glyphosate weedkiller in the early stages of weed control after spraying. Treatment weakens the plant and gets drawn into the root system, Berks...

Nigel Cattlin / Early chlorosis on stinging nettles caused by glyphosate weedkillerafter spraying. Treatment weakens the plant and gets drawn into the root system

Andy Sands / Common nettle weevil (Phyllobius pomaceus) a large common species found on stinging nettles, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, June - Focus Stacked

Nigel Cattlin / Hart's tongue fern (Asplenium scolopendrium) with leaves unfurling in spring, Devon, May