Andres M. Dominguez / Mirror orchid (Ophrys speculum) in the Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, El Bosque, southern Spain, April.

Marie Read / Cinnamon teal (Anas cyanoptera), male taking flight from water, Orange County, California, USA, April.

Chris Mattison / Mirror orchid (Ophrys speculum) Algarve, Portugal, March

Chris Mattison / Mirror orchid (Ophrys speculum) Algarve, Portugal, March

Paul Harcourt Davies / Venus' looking glass (Legousia speculum-veneris) a weed of cultivated land whose flowers open in fine weather. Near Norcia, Sibillini, Umbria, Italy. July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Venus' looking glass (Legousia speculum-veneris) a weed of cultivated land whose flowers open in fine weather. Near Norcia, Sibillini, Umbria, Italy. July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Roadside flowers near Castelluccio di Norcia (Umbria) including Venus looking glass (Legousia speculum-veneris). Vetch (Vicia viullosa), Cranesbill (Geranium molle), Field pansy (Viola arvensis) Umbri...

Paul Harcourt Davies / Roadside flowers near Castelluccio di Norcia (Umbria) including Venus looking glass (Legousia speculum-veneris). Vetch (Vicia viullosa), Cranesbill (Geranium molle), field pansy (Viola arvensis) Umbri...

Paul Harcourt Davies / Venus' looking glass (Legousia speculum-veneris) with other weeds of cultivated land Legousia flowers open in fine weather. Nr Norcia, Sibillini, Umbria, Italy, June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Venus' looking glass flower, (Legousia speculum-veneris) with other weeds of cultivated land. Near Norcia, Sibillini, Umbria, Italy, June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Mirror ophrys (Ophrys speculum) and Horned ophrys (Ophrys cornuta miniscula) orchids, Peloponnese, Greece, March.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Mirror Ophrys orchid (Ophrys speculum) Peloponnese, Greece, March.

Mike Read / Large Venus's looking glass (Legousia speculum-veneris) Vercors Regional Natural Park, France, June.

MYN / Eduardo Blanco / Woodcock orchid (Ophrys scolopax), Corella, Navarra, Spain, May. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Eduardo Blanco / Mirror orchid (Ophrys speculum), Villarroya forest, La Rioja, Spain, May. meetyourneighbours.net project

Paul Harcourt Davies / Mirror Ophrys (Ophrys speculum) in flower, Ferla, Sicily, Italy, May.

Brent Stephenson / Pacific black duck X mallard hybrid (Anas superciliosa superciliosa X Anas platyrhynchos) in flight showing the green speculum typical of the Pacific black duck, but the white edging to the speculum t...

Paul Harcourt Davies / Mirror Orchid (Ophrys ciliata / Ophrys speculum) Ferla, Sicily, Italy, April.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Mirror Orchid (Ophrys ciliata / Ophrys speculum) near Grotte di Castro, Lazio, Italy, April.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Mirror Orchid (Ophrys ciliata / Ophrys speculum) Ferla, Sicily, Italy, May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Mirror Orchid (Ophrys ciliata / Ophrys speculum) near Grotte di castro, Lazio, Italy, April.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Mirror Orchid (Ophrys ciliata / Ophrys speculum) near Grotte di castro, Lazio, Italy, April.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Hybrid orchid (Ophrys x heraultii) beteewn Sawfly orchid (Ophrys tenthredinifera) and Mirror orchid (Orphys speculum) artificially produced. UK, April.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Hybrid orchid (Ophrys x macchiatii) hybrid of Early spider (Ophrys sphegodes) and Mirror orchids (Ophrys speculum) Porto Ferraio, Elba, Tuscany, Italy, March.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Woodcock orchid (Ophrys cornuta/scolopax) with mating Black veined white butterflies (Aporia crataegi), Bela Reka, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Poppies (Papaver rhoeas) with corn marigolds (Chrysanthemum coronarium) and Venus' looking glass (Legousia speculum-veneris) growing near the military cemetry, Bolsena, Italy, May

MYN / Alfonso Lario / Mirror orchid (Ophrys speculum) urban, Alicante, Spain, March. meetyourneighbours.net project

Steve Gettle / Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) male flying showing speculum feathers on wing, Belle Isle Park, Michigan

Christian Ziegler / Mirror Orchid (Ophrys speculum) flowers, Sardinia, Italy

Christian Ziegler / Mirror Orchid (Ophrys speculum) flowers, Sardinia, Italy

Christian Ziegler / Mirror Orchid (Ophrys speculum) flowering along coast mimick female bees, Sardinia, Italy

Georgette Douwma / Soft coral with a pair of Ovalspot Butterflyfish (Chaetodon speculum). Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia, December.

Tui De Roy / Yellow-billed Duck (Anas undulata) showing blue speculum feathers on wing, Lewa Wildlife Conservation Area, Kenya

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Ovalspot butterflyfish (Chaetodon speculum). Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Ovalspot butterflyfish (Chaetodon speculum) Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Robert Thompson / Mirror orchid {Ophrys speculum } The Peleponnese, Southern Greece, April

Robert Thompson / Mirror Orchid {Ophrys speculum} The Peleponnese, Southern Greece, April

Hans Christoph Kappel / Mirror Orchid (Ophrys speculum speculum) southern Spain

Bernard Castelein / Mirror orchid flowers {Ophrys speculum} Lake Baja, Turkey

Jose B. Ruiz / Mirror orchid {Ophrys speculum} Spain

Hans Christoph Kappel / Portrait of Mirror orchid {Ophrys speculum}, Europe.

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) female stretching, showing speculum feathers, Teslin Lake, Alaska

Duncan Usher / Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus) male plumage showing speculum, Germany

Robert Thompson / Mirror orchid (Ophrys speculum) flowering in pine woods, Albufera, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, April

Paul Harcourt Davies / Mirror ophrys (Ophrys speculum) in flower, Peloponnese, Greece. March.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Mirror ophrys (Ophrys speculum) in flower, Peloponnese, Greece. March.

Linda Pitkin / Mirror orchid (Ophrys speculum) in flower, Arta, Capdepera, Mallorca, Balearic Islands. April.

Linda Pitkin / Mirror orchid (Ophrys speculum) in flower, Arta, Capdepera, Mallorca, Balearic Islands. April.

Linda Pitkin / Mirror orchid (Ophrys speculum) in flower, Arta, Capdepera, Mallorca, Balearic Islands. April.

Linda Pitkin / Mirror orchid (Ophrys speculum) in flower, close up, Arta, Mallorca, Balearic Islands. April.

Linda Pitkin / Mirror orchid (Ophrys speculum) in flower, close up, Arta, Mallorca, Balearic Islands. April.

George Sanker / Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) wings spread showing irridescent blue wing speculum, Acadia National Park, Maine, USA. May.

Lorraine Bennery / Orchid (Orchis brancifortii), Sortino, Sicily, April.

Lorraine Bennery / Mirror orchid (Ophrys speculum) , Sortino, Sicily, April.

Lorraine Bennery / Mirror orchid (Ophrys speculum subsp. orientalis) Kolimbia, Rhodes Island, Greece, March.

Lorraine Bennery / Mirror orchid (Ophrys speculum subsp. orientalis) Chouni, Greece, April.