Nick Upton / White-spotted rose beetles (Oxythyrea funesta) mating on Cretan oregano flowers (Origanum onites), Lesbos / Lesvos, Greece, May.

Nick Upton / Turkish meadow brown butterfly (Maniola megala) feeding on Cretan oregano (Origanum onites) flowers with wings closed, Lesbos (Lesvos), Greece, May.

Nick Upton / Tumbling flower beetle / Pintail beetle (Mordellidae) feeding on Cretan oregano flower (Origanum onites) Lesbos / Lesvos, Greece, May.

Nick Upton / Sweat bee (Halictus cf. brunnescens) female foraging on Cretan organo (Origanum onites), Lesbos/ Lesvos, Greece.

Nick Upton / Thread-winged lacewing / Spoonwing lacewing (Nemoptera sinuata) feeding on Cretan oregano flowers (Origanum onites), Lesbos / Lesvos, Greece, May.

Nick Upton / Female Napoleon crab spider (Synema globosum) waiting for prey on Cretan oregano flowerhead (Origanum onites), Lesbos / Lesvos, Greece, May.

Nick Upton / Lynx spider (Oxyopes heteropthalmus) hunting for insect prey on Cretan oregano flowers (Origanum onites), Lesbos / Lesvos, Greece, May.

Nick Upton / Heather crab spider (Thomisus onustus) waiting for insect prey on Cretan oregano flowerhead (Origanum onites), Lesbos/ Lesvos, Greece, May.

Nick Upton / Heather crab spider (Thomisus onustus) waiting for insect prey on Cretan oregano flowerhead (Origanum onites), Lesbos/ Lesvos, Greece, May.

Nick Upton / Bee fly (Thyridanthrax perspicillaris) with strongly patterned wings, feeding on Cretan oregano flowers (Origanum onites), Lesbos / Lesvos, Greece, May.

Nick Upton / A strictly nectar-feeding species of Horse fly (Pangonius pyritosus) with a very long proboscis foraging on Cretan oregano (Origanum onites) flowers, Lesbos / Lesvos, Greece, May.

Nick Upton / Soldier fly (Odontomyia flavissima) feeding from Cretan oregano (Origanum onites) flowers, Lesbos / Lesvos, Greece, May.