Ross Hoddinott / Common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus) resting on devil's bit scabious (Succisa pratensis), Vealand Farm, Devon, UK. August

Ross Hoddinott / Female chalkhill blue butterfly (Lysandra coridon) with wings closed resting on Devils-bit scabious (Succisa pratensis), Hatch Hill, Somerset, UK. August 2016.

Alex Hyde / Alpine meadow in flower including Scabious flowers. Austrian Alps at 1700 metres altitude, North Tyrol, Austria, June

Nigel Cattlin / Pollen beetles (Brassicogethes aeneus) on Field scabious (Knautia arvensis). Berkshire, England, UK. July.

Nick Upton / Brassy longhorn moth (Nemophora metallica) male animal standing on a Field scabious (Knautia arvensis) flower, the host plant for the larvae of this species, waiting for females to arrive, chalk grass...

Nick Upton / Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) female on Field scabious (Knautia arvensis) waiting for prey to land, legs raised, Wiltshire, England, UK. July.

Heather Angel / Sweet breath of spring (Lonicera fragrantissima) in garden, Surrey, England, UK. Native to China.

Nick Upton / Juvenile Nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis) positioning itself to sun on a Honeysuckle (Lonicera) leaf in a garden, Wiltshire, England, UK, February.

Rod Williams / Brassy longhorn moth (Nemophora metallica) feeding on small scabious (Scabiosa columbaria), Hutchinson's Bank, New Addington, London, England, August

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Bumblebee, (Bombus hortorum), in flight about to alight on honeysuckle flower, Scotland, UK, July.

Ross Hoddinott / Mating pair of chalkhill blue butterflies (Lysandra coridon) with wings closed resting on Devils-bit scabious (Succisa pratensis), Hatch Hill, Somerset, UK. August

Ross Hoddinott / Mating pair of chalkhill blue butterflies (Lysandra coridon) with wings closed resting on Devils-bit scabious (Succisa pratensis), Hatch Hill, Somerset, UK. August