Nick Upton / Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) cleaning its nose on Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowerhead after release, Moulton, Northampton, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Male Thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis), with a Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) pollinium attached to its head, nectaring on Common hogweed flowers (Heracleum sphondylium), Wiltsh...

Nick Upton / Juvenile Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) camouflaged on a Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowerhead, reacting to and catching a fly (Muscidae), Wiltshire, England, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Mediterranean sea holly / Pyrenean eryngo (Eryngium bourgatii) flowering on montane pastureland, Covadonga, Picos de Europa, Asturias, Spain, August.

Nick Upton / Sand-loving / Square-headed wasp (Tachysphex costae) feeding on Sea holly flowers (Eryngium maritimum) on a beach, Sardinia, Italy, June.

Edwin Giesbers / Umbellifer (Scaligeria napiformis / Bunium napiforme) flowering, close-up. Cyprus. April.

Nick Upton / Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) on Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowerhead after release, Moulton, Northampton, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) on Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowerhead after release, Moulton, Northampton, UK, June.

Ernie Janes / Hedge parsley (Torilis japonica) at sunset, silhouetted against sun, England, January.

Pascal Tordeux,Pascal Tordeux / Lime tree in a field of carrots, Sissone, Picardy, France, June

Theo Bosboom / Dead Angelica (Angelica sp) in the snow, Skaftafell, Vatnajokull National Park, Iceland, February

Niall Benvie,Niall Benvie / Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flower head against white background. Scotland, UK, August.

Ernie Janes / Garden basket full of organic home grown vegatables from vegetable garden, Norfolk, UK

Ernie Janes / Large crop of Carrots growing in field with stack of round straw bales, Norfolk, UK, November

Petra Wegner / Guinea Pig (Cavia porcellus) black and white short coated, in wooden feeding rack, on garden lawn, being fed carrot. Model rleased

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Common red soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) pair mating on Wild carrot (Daucus carota carota) flower, Høvblege, Møn, Denmark, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / Queen anne’s lace / Wild carrot (Daucus carota) flower, Stenje region, Lake Macro Prespa, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009

Niall Benvie / Two Carrots (Daucus carota) intertwined, crossed over while they were growing, Wester Ross, Scotland, October

Solvin Zankl / Seeds of Wild carrot plant (Daucus carota), Europe. When ripe, the seeds form a concave umbel unlike the flat umbel of the flower when in bloom. Spines on the seeds attach to the furry feet of mammals...

Tony Evans / Carrot flower abstract

Mark Moffett / Ant (Pseudomyrmex sp) tends pupa, while larvae at right, eats carrot-like growth from host Acacia

Mark Moffett / Ant (Pseudomyrmex sp) gathers carrot-like growths from Whistling Thorn (Acacia drepanolobium) acacia tree for delivery to larva in nest, in return for baby food, ant protects Acacia, Costa Rica

Mark Moffett / Ant (Pseudomyrmex sp) gathers carrot-like growths from Whistling Thorn (Acacia drepanolobium) acacia for delivery to larva in nest, in return for baby food Ant protects Acacia, Costa Rica

Mark Moffett / Giant Weta (Deinacrida heteracantha) female being fed a carrot by researcher Mike Meades, Little Barrier Island, New Zealand

Paul Harcourt Davies / Masterwort (Imperatoria ostruthium). Dolomites, Italy. July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Masterwort (Imperatoria ostruthium). Dolomites, Italy. July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Hairy chervil (Chaerophyllum hirsutum) umbel. Dolomites, Italy. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Hairy chervil (Chaerophyllum hirsutum) umbel. Dolomites, Italy. June.

Sandra Bartocha / Wild carrot (Daucus carota), Germany

Nigel Cattlin / A green manure mustard crop used as a windbreak and for protection against soil erosion in a fenland carrot crop, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.

Nigel Cattlin / Carrot root fly (Chamaepsila rosae) larval damage to mature carrot tap root, Devon, September

Nigel Cattlin / Carrot root fly (Chamaepsila rosae) larval damage to mature carrot tap root, Devon, September

Linda Pitkin / Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum) on bank of River Thames, Hampton, Richmond Upon Thames, England, UK. March.

Nick Upton / Early bumblebee (Bombus pratorum) and Meadow brown butterfly (Maniola jurtina) nectaring on Eryngium (Eryngium sp.) flowers in a suburban garden, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Early bumblebee (Bombus pratorum) nectaring on Eryngium (Eryngium sp.) flowers in a suburban garden, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Meadow brown butterfly (Maniola jurtina) nectaring on Eryngium (Eryngium sp.) flowers in a suburban garden close to a house, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, UK, June. Property released.

Nick Upton / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) nectaring on Eryngium (Eryngium sp.) flowers in a suburban garden close to a house, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, UK, June. Property released.

Nick Upton / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) nectaring on Eryngium (Eryngium sp.) flowers in a suburban garden, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) nectaring on Eryngium (Eryngium sp.) flowers in a suburban garden, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, UK, June.

Linda Pitkin / Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum), growing on roadside verge. A rare/ scarce plant in Surrey. Betchworth, Surrey, England, June 2013.

Linda Pitkin / Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum), growing on roadside verge. locally rare plant. Betchworth, Surrey, England, June.

Linda Pitkin / Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum), growing on roadside verge. Locally rare plant. Betchworth, Surrey, England, June.

Linda Pitkin / Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum), growing on roadside verge. Locally rare plant. Betchworth, Surrey, England, May.

Linda Pitkin / Wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) Witley Common,, Surrey, England, July.

Linda Pitkin / Hemlock water-dropwort (Oenanthe crocata) Lopwell Dam (Local Nature Reserve), tidal reaches of the River Tavy, north of Plymouth, Devon, England, July 2013.

Nick Upton / Black garden ant (Lasius niger) feeding on Common hogweed flowers (Heracleum sphondylium), Wiltshire, England, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Close-up of a Common red soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) nectar feeding on Common hogweed flowers (Heracleum sphondylium), Wiltshire, England, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Common red soldier beetles (Rhagonycha fulva) mating while nectar feeding on Common hogweed flowers (Heracleum sphondylium), Wiltshire, England, UK, July.