Nick Upton / Male Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis), with a Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) pollinium attached to its head, nectaring on Common hogweed flowers (Heracleum sphondylium), Wiltsh...

Edwin Giesbers / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) pair mating on Mayweed (Anthemis sp) flower. Cyprus. April.

Edwin Giesbers / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) pair mating on Mayweed (Anthemis sp) flower. Cyprus. April.

Edwin Giesbers / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) on Mayweed (Anthemis sp) flower. Cyprus. April.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Beetle, (Rhagonycha fulva), feeding on oxeye daisy flower, Scotland, UK, July.

Robert Thompson / Jewel beetle (Anthaxia hungarica) on aster flower, South of Casteil, French Pyrenees, France. May

James Dunbar / Rose chafer (Cetonia aurata) nectaring on a thistle flower, England, UK, September.

Rod Williams / Longhorn beetle (Rutpela / Strangalia maculata) feeding on Dog rose flower, Hutchinson's Bank, New Addington, London, England, June.

Alex Hyde / Sun Beetle (Pachnoda marginata peregrina) photographed on a white background. Captive, originating from west and central Africa

Chris Mattison / Green Flower Beetle (Thaumastopeus sp.). Endemic to Borneo.

Michel Poinsignon / Field scabious flower (Knautia arvensis) with green metallic flower beetle, Lorraine, France, May

Russell Cooper / Male Pollen / Flower Beetle (Oedemera nobilis) on flowering foodplant, Morden, South London, London, UK