Kim Taylor / Volucella Hoverfly (Volucella pellucens) feeding on Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowers. Surrey, UK, June.

Kim Taylor / Hornet (Vespa crabro) worker feeding on Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) UK.

Nick Upton / Downland villa bee fly (Villa cingulata) a Red data book endangered species feeding on Common hogweed flowers (Heracleum sphondylium) in a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Stem sawfly (Hartigia xanthostoma), a nationally rare species in the UK, feeding on Common hogweed flowers (Heracleum sphondylium) in a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, June.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowers, Brasov County, South Carpathian Mountains, Romania, August

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) seeds, close-up, Brasov County, Carpathian Mountains, Romania, August

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowers, Brasov County, South Carpathian Mountains, Romania, August

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) seeds, Brasov County, Carpathian Mountains, Romania, August

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Frosted Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) seedhead. Dorchester, Dorset, England, UK, December.

Nick Upton / Flower chafer (Hoplia argentea) feeding on Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowers, Julian Alps, Slovenia, July

Nick Upton / Very large female Horse fly (Philipomyia aprica) feeding from Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowers, Julian Alps, Slovenia, July

Nigel Bean / Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flower heads covered in hoar frost, Somerset Levels, UK, January