Paul Harcourt Davies,Paul Harcourt Davies / Elder flower orchid (Dactylorhiza sambucina) in its two colour forms, Campo Imperatore, Gran Sasso, Appennines, Abruzzo, Italy, May

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Large blue butterfly (Phengaris arion) resting on Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) flower, Collard Hill, Somerset, England, UK, June 2011

Nick Upton / Traditional organic hay meadow with a profusion of wild flowers and grasses including Pyramid orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) Common spotted orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii, Rough hawkbit (Leontodon hisp...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) in flower, Vieste, Gargano National Park, Gargano Peninsula, Apulia, Italy, May 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) flower, Vieste, Gargano National Park, Gargano Peninsula, Apulia, Italy, May 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) flower, Vieste, Gargano National Park, Gargano Peninsula, Apulia, Italy, May 2008

Ross Hoddinott / Common blue butterfly {Polyommatus icarus} resting on Bee orchid {Ophrys apifera}, Bude, Cornwall.

Ross Hoddinott / Common blue butterfly {Polyommatus icarus} resting on bee orchid {Ophrys apifera}, Cornwall. UK

Geoff Scott-Simpson / Common blue butterfly {Polyommatus icarus} on Common spotted orchid {Dactylorhiza fuchsii} UK peakdale peak district NP

Edwin Giesbers / Umbilicate woodcock orchid (Ophrys umbilicata) flower, close up. Cyprus. April.

Claudio Contreras / Shiny blue-green dichaea orchid (Dichaea glauca) flower. Cultivated, found in tropical rainforest in Mexico, Greater Antilles and Central America, May

Paul Hobson / Small blue adult, Cupido minimus, pair mating on common spotted orchid, Bedfordshire