Eric Dragesco / Crown imperial or Kaiser's crown (Fritillaria imperialis) in flower, Dashti Jum Reserve, Tadjikistan, April

Konstantin Mikhailov / Fratilllary / Missionbells (Fritillaria ruthanica) in flower, Orenburg steppe Orenburgsky State Nature Reserve, Zapovednik, Orenburg Steppe Region, Russia at the border with Kazakhstan, May.

MYN / Alfonso Lario / Snake's head fritillary (Fritillaria hispanica) Sierra de Bernia, Alicante, March. meetyourneighbours.net project

Robin Chittenden / Fritillary (Fritillaria pontica) Lesvos, Lesbos, Greece, April

Stephen Dalton / Fritillaries (Fritillaria) in flower. Sussex, UK, April.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / (Fritillaria messanensis) flower, Prina, Crete, Greece, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / (Fritillaria messanensis) flower, Prina, Crete, Greece, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Checkered lily (Fritillaria tendia) in flower, Forca Canapine, Monti Sibillini National Park, Umbria, Italy, May 2009

Martin Gabriel / Flower of Crown imperial (Fritillaria imperialis "lutea"), Bavaria, Germany, April

David Welling / Chocolate lily {Fritillaria lobifolia} California, USA

Pascal Tordeux / Burnet moth feeding on Devil's Bit Scabious (Succisa pratensis) flower. Picardy, France, July.