Ross Hoddinott / Early spider orchid {Ophrys sphegodes}, Dorset. UK

Ross Hoddinott / Early spider orchid {Ophrys sphegodes}, Durlston, Dorset. UK

Edwin Giesbers / Early spider orchid (Ophrys sphegodes) flower. Cyprus. April.

Edwin Giesbers / Early spider orchid (Ophrys sphegodes) flower. Cyprus. April.

Loic Poidevin / Early spider orchid (Ophrys sphegodes), Les Sables d'Olonne, Vendee, Pays-de-la-Loire, France. April.

Loic Poidevin / Early spider orchid (Ophrys sphegodes), Les Sables d'Olonne, Vendee, Pays-de-la-Loire, France. March.

MYN / Marc Pihet / Early spider orchid (Ophrys sphegodes subsp. sphegodes / aranifera) in flower, Maine-et-Loire, France, May, meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Eduardo Blanco / Early spider orchid (Ophrys sphegodes), Villarroya forest, La Rioja, Spain, June. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Eduardo Blanco / Early spider orchid (Ophrys sphegodes), Villarroya forest, La Rioja, Spain, May. meetyourneighbours.net project

Adrian Davies / Early Spider Orchid (Ophrys sphegodes) Samphire Hoe, Kent, England, April.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Bee orchid (Ophrys sphegodes atrata) in flower, near Ruggiano, Gargano, Italy, April.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Early spider orchid (Ophrys sphegodes) flower, Torrealfina, Lazio, Italy, April.