Michael Hutchinson / Slow motion clip of a Common carder bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum) feeding from a Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) flower, Bristol, England, UK, September.

MYN / Marko Masterl / Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) in flower with solitary bee (Panurgus sp), Slovenia, Europe, June. meetyourneighbours.net project

Alex Hyde / Common Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio machaon) resting on Viper's Bugloss / Blueweed (Echium vulgare) in alpine meadow. Nordtirol, Tirol, Austrian Alps, Austria, 1700 metres altitude, July.

Alex Hyde / Common Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio machaon) resting on Viper's Bugloss / Blueweed (Echium vulgare) in alpine meadow. Nordtirol, Tirol, Austrian Alps, Austria, 1700 metres altitude, July.

MYN / Niall Benvie / Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) on white background, Scotland, UK, June meetyourneighbours.net project

Juan Carlos Munoz / Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) flowering in an olive grove. Sierra de Andujar Natural Park, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain, April 2010

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Narrow leaved bugloss (Echium angustifolium) and Harestail grass (Lagurus ovatus) Mochlos, Crete, Greece, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Narrow leaved bugloss (Echium angustifolium) and Harestail grass (Lagurus ovatus) Mochlos, Crete, Greece, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / Black veined white butterfly (Aporia crataegi) feeding on Vipers bugloss (Echium vulgare) Lagadin region, Lake Ohrid, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / Clouded yellow butterfly (Colias croceus) feeding on Vipers bugloss (Echium vulgare) Lagadin region, Lake Ohrid, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Narrow leaved bugloss (Echium angustifolium) in flower and Harestail grass (Lagurus ovatus) Mochlos, Crete, Greece, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Radisics / Pride of Maderia (Echium candicans) in flower, Madeira, March 2009