Edwin Giesbers / Alkanet flowers (Anchusa sp) Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / Large blue alkanet (Anchusa azurea) in flower with an Escher's blue butterfly (Polyommatus escheri) Stenje region, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009, dead insects and plants placed directl...

Phil Savoie / Tree bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum) feeding from Green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. July

Phil Savoie / Hairy footed flower bee (Anthophora plumipes) male feeding from Green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. April

Rod Williams / Hoverfly (Platycheirus scutatus) male feeding on green alkanet Beverley Court Gardens, Lewisham, London, England, UK. April.

Loic Poidevin / Common bugloss / alkanet (Anchusa officinalis). Danube Delta, Romania. May.

Loic Poidevin / Common bugloss / alkanet (Anchusa officinalis). Danube Delta, Romania. May.

Loic Poidevin / Common bugloss / alkanet (Anchusa officinalis). Danube Delta, Romania. May.

Rod Williams / Hairy-footed flower bee (Anthophora plumipes) male, pale form, feeding on Green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens), Beverley Court Gardens, Lewisham, London, England, UK. April.

Rod Williams / Sunfly hoverfly (Helophilus pendulus) feeding on Green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) Beverley Court Gardens, Lewisham, London, England, UK. April.

Rod Williams / Red mason bee (Osmia bicolor) male feeding on Green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) Beverley Court Gardens, Lewisham, London, England, UK. April.

Phil Savoie / Early bumblebee (Bombus pratorum) feeding on Green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May.

Phil Savoie / Early bumblebee (Bombus pratorum) feeding on Green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May.

Phil Savoie / Early bumblebee (Bombus pratorum) flying to feed on Green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May.

Phil Savoie / Early bumblebee (Bombus pratorum) feeding on Green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May.

Phil Savoie / Early bumblebee (Bombus pratorum) feeding on Green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May.

Phil Savoie / Early bumblebee (Bombus pratorum) feeding on Green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May.

Phil Savoie / Garden bumblebee (Bombus hortorum) flying to Green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, June.

Phil Savoie / Red mason bee (Osmia bicornis) flying to flower, Green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, April.

Phil Savoie / Red mason bee (Osmia bicornis) feeding on Green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, April.

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Common bugloss (Anchusa officinalis), Lorsch, Hessen, Germany. June. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Alan Williams / Red-headed cardinal beetle (Pyrochroa serraticornis) on Green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) flower at woodland edge, Cheshire, UK, June.

Andres M. Dominguez / Alkanet flowers (Anchusa azurea) Prado del Rey, Cdiz, Spain, April.

Rod Williams / Male Small white butterfly (Pieris rapae) feeding on Green alkanet flower, Brockley, Lewisham, London, England, April.

Philippe Clement / Italian bugloss (Anchusa officinalis) in flower, Belgium, June

Ammonite / Ashy mining bee (Andrena cineraria) on Alkanet flower, Bristol, England, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Green alkanet / Evergreen bugloss (Pentaglottis sempervirens) flowering between a garden wall and a rough track, Bathwick, Bath and Northeast Somerset, UK, April.

Rod Williams / Green Alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) Lewisham, South East London, England, UK, May

Adrian Davies / Green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) with nettle and white dead nettle growing around an old cattle trough, Surrey, England, April.

Adrian Davies / Green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens), Surrey, England, April.

Rod Williams / Mint moth (Pyrausta aurata) resting on green alkanet, Lewisham, London, UK, June.

Rod Williams / Female Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) feeding on Green Alkanet, Lewisham, London, England, UK, June.

Rod Williams / Honeybee (Apis mellifera) approaching green alkanet to feed, Lewisham, London, England, UK, May.

Rod Williams / Honeybee (Apis mellifera) feeding on green alkanet, Lewisham, London, England, UK, May.

Rod Williams / Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) on green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) Lewisham, London, July

Rod Williams / Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) on green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) Lewisham, London, July

Rod Williams / Hoverfly (Eupeodes luniger) feeding on Green Alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) Lewisham, London, May

Rod Williams / Mint Micro-moth (Pyrausta aurata) on Green Alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) Lewisham, London, May

Rod Williams / Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum) feeding on Green Alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) Lewisham, London, April

Rod Williams / Nettle-tap Micro Moth (Anthophila fabriciana) on Green Alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) Lewisham, London, August

Paul Harcourt Davies / Summer Forget-me-not (Anchusa azurea) in flower, Chania, Crete, April

Ann & Steve Toon / Green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) growing in late summer, Northumberland, UK, September

Kerstin Hinze / Large blue alkanet / Italian bugloss (Anchusa azurea) Europe, June

Ernie Janes / Green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) flowers, UK

Colin Varndell / Green-veined white butterfly (Pieris napi) feeding on Alkanet flower. Dorset, UK, May

Colin Varndell / Broad-bodied chaser dragonfly (Libellula depressa) at rest on Alkanet flowers, Dorset, UK, May

Kim Taylor / Cuckoo Bee (Nomada fulvicornis) flying up from Green Alkanet flower (Pentaglottis sempervirens). UK

David Pike / Green Alkanet {Pentaglottis sempervirens} Water Newton, Cambridgeshire, UK, April

David Kjaer / Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) with fly in bill, on post with blue Alkanet flowers, Somerset, England

David Kjaer / Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) on post with blue Alkanet flowers, Somerset, England

David Kjaer / Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) on post with blue Alkanet flowers, Somerset, England

Jose B. Ruiz / Large Blue Alkanet {Anchusa azurea} Picos de Europa, Asturias, Spain

David Kjaer / Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) with insects in bill, on post with blue Alkanet flowers, Somerset, England

David Kjaer / Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) with spider in biill, on post with blue Alkanet flowers, Somerset, England

Kim Taylor / Bumble bee hoverfly {Volucella bombylans} feeding on Alkanet flower, UK.

Kim Taylor / Mining bee (Colletes sp) flies to alkanet flowers. Surrey, UK.

Kim Taylor / Orange-tip Butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) male on Alkanet. UK, captive.

Tony Evans / Green alkanet {Pentaglottis sempervirens} and Cow Parsley in flower, Cotswolds, UK

Tony Evans / Green alkanet {Pentaglottis sempervirens} and Cow parsley flowering, Cotswolds, UK

Phil Savoie / Hairy footed flower bee (Anthophora plumipes), male on Green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May.

Rod Williams / Jersey Tiger Moth larva (Euplagia quadripunctaria) on green alkanet, Lewisham, London, April.

Pascal Tordeux / Bugloss / Alkanet (Anchusa officinalis). Picardy, France, August.

Kim Taylor / Longhorn beetle (Rhaguim mordax) male flying past Green Alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) Surrey, England, digital composite,

Paul Harcourt Davies / Dyer's alkanet (Alkanna tinctoria) in flower, Gargano, Puglia, Italy. April.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Dyer's alkanet (Alkanna tinctoria), Basket of gold (Alyssum saxatile) and Star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum) in flower on rocky ground, Gargano, Puglia, Italy. April.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Barrelieri's bugloss / False alkannet (Cynoglottis barrelieri) in flower at edge of woodland, Sibillini, Umbria, Italy. June.

Will Watson / Green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) in flower, Leominster Priory, Herefordshire, England, UK. June. Focus stacked.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia) and Summer forget-me-not (Anchusa azurea) flowering along roadside, Sibillini, Umbria, Italy. May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Italian bugloss (Anchusa azurea) in flower, Sibillini, Umbria, Italy. May.

Nick Upton / Green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) flowering beside a footpath, Bath, UK. April.

Pal Hermansen / Bumblebee (Bombus sp) flying in meadow with Common bugloss (Anchusa officinalis) flowering, Norway. GDT European Nature Photographer of the Year Competition 2021, Highly commended -in Other Animals c...

Phil Savoie / Smeathman's furrow bee (Lasioglossum smeathmanellum) visiting Green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens). Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, June

Phil Savoie / Red mason bee (Osmia bicornis), female bee nectaring at Green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, May.

Phil Savoie / Early bumblebee (Bombus partorum), visiting Green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) native pollinator, worker bee with full pollen baskets, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, June

Phil Savoie / Red mason bee (Osmia bicornis), male bee visiting Green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, native pollinator, May

John Waters / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) nectaring on Alkanet (Pentaglottis semperivens) flower before flying away, Bristol, UK, May.

John Waters / Tracking shot of Alkanet (Pentaglottis semperivens) flowers , Bristol, UK, April.

Linda Pitkin / Green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens). Hampton Court Park, Richmond Upon Thames, England, UK. April.

Linda Pitkin / Green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens), Trunley Heath Farm, Surrey, England, May.

Rod Williams / Dark-edged bee-fly (Bombylius major) Feeding on green alkanet Beverley Court Gardens, Lewisham, London, England, UK. April.