Michael Hutchinson / Slow motion clip of a Common carder bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum) feeding from a Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) flower, Bristol, England, UK, September.

MYN / Marko Masterl / Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) in flower with solitary bee (Panurgus sp), Slovenia, Europe, June. meetyourneighbours.net project

Alex Hyde / Common Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio machaon) resting on Viper's Bugloss / Blueweed (Echium vulgare) in alpine meadow. Nordtirol, Tirol, Austrian Alps, Austria, 1700 metres altitude, July.

Alex Hyde / Common Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio machaon) resting on Viper's Bugloss / Blueweed (Echium vulgare) in alpine meadow. Nordtirol, Tirol, Austrian Alps, Austria, 1700 metres altitude, July.

MYN / Niall Benvie / Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) on white background, Scotland, UK, June meetyourneighbours.net project

Juan Carlos Munoz / Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) flowering in an olive grove. Sierra de Andujar Natural Park, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain, April 2010

Sergio Hanquet / Tower of jewels (Echium wildpretii) plants charred by forest fire, amongst rocks. Ifonche, Teide National Park, Tenerife, Canary Islands, 2012.

Nick Garbutt / Apollo butterfly (Parnassius apollo) nectaring on Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) flower. North Tyrol, Austria. June. Focus stacked image.

Heather Angel / Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) feeding on pollen on Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) anther. Dolomites, Italy. June.

David Woodfall / Corn Marigold (Chrysanthemum segetum) and Bugloss (Echium vulgare) in strips on machair. North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, July.

David Woodfall / Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), grazing amongst Purple vipers bugloss, (Echium plantagineum) Cornwall, England, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Lanzarote bugloss (Echium lanzarottense / lancerottense), an endemic species to the island, and Canary crucifer (Erucastrum canariense) a Canaries endemic, flowering near Haria, Lanzarote, Canary Isla...