Edwin Giesbers / Sword-grass moth (Xylena exsoleta) caterpillar on Field gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus). Cyprus. April.

Edwin Giesbers / Field gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus) flowering in meadow. Cyprus. April.

Edwin Giesbers / Field gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus) flowering in meadow with trees in background. Cyprus. April.

Edwin Giesbers / Field gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus) flowering in meadow, trees in background. Cyprus. April.

Edwin Giesbers / Field gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus) flowering in meadow, trees and sea in background. Cyprus. April 2017.

Edwin Giesbers / Sword-grass moth (Xylena exsoleta) caterpillar on Field gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus), in meadow. Cyprus. April.

Edwin Giesbers / Wildflower meadow with Field gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus), Crown daisy (Glebionis coronaria) and Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas). Cyprus. April 2017.

Constantinos Petrinos / Field gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus) and Narbonne Star-of-Bethlehem (Ornithogalum narbonense) Peloponese, Greece. April.

Constantinos Petrinos / Field gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus) flower, Peloponese, Greece. April.

Andres M. Dominguez / Field gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus) flower, Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain, May.

Pascal Pittorino / Italian gladiolus (Gladolius italicus) flowers in a garden, Var, France, Provence, April.

Pascal Pittorino / Italian gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus) flowers in a garden, Var, France, Provence, May.