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...

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

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 (Psila rosae) on Carrot (Daucus carota), a serious pest to this crop.

Nigel Cattlin / Carrot root fly (Psila rosae) on Carrot (Daucus carota), a serious pest to this crop.

Nigel Cattlin / Spotted snake millepede (Blaniulus guttulatus) inside a damaged Carrot (Daucus carota) root.

Nigel Cattlin / Wild Sea carrot (Daucus carota subsp. gummifer), flowering on cliffs in South Devon, England, UK. July

Ernie Janes / Carrots (Daucus carota subsp. sativus) just picked in seive

Nick Upton / Wild Carrot (Daucus carota) flowering on a cliff, Widemouth Bay, Cornwall, UK, June.

Loic Poidevin / Common red soldier beetles (Rhagonicha fulva) on Wild carrot (Daucus carota) Vendee, France, June

David Woodfall / Wildflowers including Wild carrot (Daucus carota) and Ox eye daisies (Chrysanthemun leucanthemum) planted to benefit bees and other insects as part of the Friends of the Earth 'Bee Friendly' campaign....

David Woodfall / Wildflowers including Wild carrot (Daucus carota) and Cornflowers (Centaurea cyanus) planted in community green space to attract bees. Part of collaboration between Bron Afon community Housing Trust a...

David Woodfall / Wildflowers including Wild carrot (Daucus carota), Poppies (Papaver sp) and Cornflowers (Centaurea cyanus) planted in community green space to attract bees. Part of a collaboration between Bron Afon c...

David Woodfall / Dead Honey bee (Apis mellifera) on Wild carrot (Daucus carotta) flowers, cause of death unknown. Cwmbran, South Wales, UK, July.

David Woodfall / Dead Honey bee (Apis mellifera) on Wild carrot (Daucus carotta) flowers, cause of death unknown. Cwmbran, South Wales, UK, July.

Philippe Clement / Wild carrot / Queen Anne's lace (Daucus carota), Belgium, April.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Carrot (Daucus carota ssp sativus) unusual shape, Podere Montecucco. Orvieto, Umbria. Italy, August.

Adrian Davies / Wild carrot (Daucus carota) growing on cliff, Devon, England, UK, July

Adrian Davies / Wild carrot (Daucus carota) growing on cliff, Devon, England, UK, July

Colin Varndell / Wild carrot (Daucus carota) flowerhead. August 2008. Dorset, UK

Sandra Bartocha / Wild carrot (Daucus carota) flower head with dew drops, June.

Adrian Davies / Flowers on beach, including Red valerian (Centranthus ruber) Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) Sea mayweed (Matricaria maritima) Sea spurge (Euphorbia paralias) Sea carrot (Daucus carota) Slapton, Devo...

Adrian Davies / Flowers on beach, including Red valerian (Centranthus ruber) Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) Sea mayweed (Matricaria maritima) Sea spurge (Euphorbia paralias) Sea carrot (Daucus carota) Slapton, Devo...

Nick Turner / Carrots (Daucus carota) with for sale information sign at Cirencester Farmers Market, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, UK, July 2011.

Nick Turner / Carrots (Daucus carota) for sale at Cirencester Farmers Market, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, UK, July 2011.

Nick Turner / Carrots (Daucus carota) for sale at Cirencester Farmers Market, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, UK, July 2011.

Nick Upton / Musk beetle (Aromia moschata) foraging on Wild Carrot / Queen Anne's lace (Daucus carota) flowerhead in a traditional hay meadow, Slovenia, July

Nick Upton / Wild Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) and Wild carrot (Daucus carota) umbels flowering in a traditional hay meadow with heavily forested Julian Alps in the background, in sunset light, Slovenia, July

Nick Upton / Common red soldier beetles / Black-tipped soldier beetles (Rhagonycha fulva) feeding and mating on Wild Carrot / Queen Anne's lace flowerhead (Daucus carota), chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, Ju...

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Wild Carrot (Daucus carota) Badbury Rings, Dorset, UK, July

Nick Upton / Female Spider wasp (Cryptocheilus variabilis) feeding on Wild carrot / Queen Anne's lace (Daucus carota) flowers, Lesbos/ Lesvos, Greece, May.

Nick Upton / Mud dauber wasp (Sceliphron destillatorium) feeding on Wild carrot / Queen Anne's lace (Daucus carota) flowers, Lesbos / Lesvos, Greece, June.

Nick Upton / Ichneumon wasp (Acroricnus sp) feeding on Wild carrot / Queen Anne's lace (Daucus carota) flowers, Lesbos / Lesvos, Greece, June.

Nick Upton / Horsefly / Horse fly / Cleg fly (Tabanus promesogaeus) feeding from Wild carrot / Queen Anne's lace (Daucus carota) flowers, Lesbos / Lesvos, Greece, May.

Nick Upton / Bumblee scarab beetle (Eulasia vittata) feeding from Wild carrot / Queen Anne's lace (Daucus carota) flowers growing on the coast, with the sea in the background, Lesbos (Lesvos), Greece, June.

Ann & Steve Toon / Organic vegetables - potatoes, onions, beans, carrots, cauliflower - grown on an allotment, UK, August 2010

Ann & Steve Toon / Organic Carrots (Daucus carota) home grown on domestic vegetable plot, UK, August 2010, Model released

Ernie Janes / Organically grown Carrots (Daucus carota) in field, Norfolk, UK, October

Ernie Janes / Irrigation boom watering seedling carrots (Daucus carota), Norfolk, UK, August

Ernie Janes / Carrots (Daucus carota) harvested, Norfolk, UK, spring

Gary K. Smith / Storing maincrop Carrots (Daucus carota) in damp compost in a frost free greenhouse, Norfolk UK, January

Gary K. Smith / Winter root vegetables, including Parsnips (Pastinaca sativa) and Carrots (Daucus carota) harvested from under protective mesh after a fall of snow, Norfolk, UK, December

Wild Wonders of Europe / Radisics / Carrot (Daucus Tourn.), Hortobagy National Park, Hungary, July 2009

Gary K. Smith / Early summer harvest of potatoes, spring onions, beetroot, carrots, radishes and lettuce, UK, June.