Rod Williams / 24-spot ladybird (Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata) Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, UK. October.

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) field, Idaho

Constantinos Petrinos / Tree medick (Medicago arborea) bushes in flower, Athens, Greece, Mediterranean, March.

Constantinos Petrinos / Tree medick (Medicago arborea) bush in flower, Tourkovounia hill, Athens, Greece, March.

Loic Poidevin / Common blue (Polyommatus icarus) male in flight and female on Alfalfa flowers, Vendee, France. July.

Loic Poidevin / Common blue (Polyommatus icarus) on alfalfa flowers, Vendee, France, July.

Richard Du Toit / South African Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa giraffa) parents and calf, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Pal Hermansen / Sprouting Alfalfa seeds (Medicago sativa) against white background.

Eric Baccega / Common hamster (Cricetus cricetus) friendly farmer harvesting Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) for cattle food, Elsenheim, Alsace, France, May 2013

Loic Poidevin / Common Blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus) on alfalfa (Medicago sativa) flower, Vendée, France, July.

Loic Poidevin / Dark Clouded Yellow butterfly (Colias crocea) on alfalfa (Medicago sativa) flower, Vendée, France, July.

MYN / Les Meade / Alfalfa Looper Moth (Autographa californica) composite, Snohomish County, Washington, USA. Meetyourneighbours.net project.