Klein & Hubert / European ground squirrel / Souslik (Spermophius citellus) standing in a carpet of flowers of Stork's bill (Erodium cicutarium) and holding in his paws a Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) flower before eating it,...

Guy Edwardes / Field of flowering Poppies (Papaver rhoeas) at sunrise, Val d'Orcia, Tuscany, Italy. May 2019.

David Woodfall / Corn marigold (Chrysanthemum segetum) and Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas), in strips of cultivated machair. North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK,

David Woodfall / Corn Marigold (Chrysanthemum segetum) and Scentless mayweed (Tripleurospermum inodorum) with Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) machair habitat, North Uist, Scotland, UK, July.

Klein & Hubert / Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) in wheat field with poppy (Papaver rhoeas) in summer - prehensile tail. France. June.

Jack Dykinga / Backlit silver cholla cactus (Cylindropuntia echinocarpa) surrounded by California poppies (Eschscholzia californica), beneath the eroded boulders that define the park. Joshua Tree National Park, Moja...

Jack Dykinga / Steep valleys in the foothills of the Temblor Range, carpeted with Coreopsis (yellow) and Phacelia (purple) with patches of orange California poppy (Eschscholzia californica). Carrizo Plain, Californi...

Jack Dykinga / Yellow California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) and orange California poppies (Eschscholzia californica), with lupins intermixed. Antelope Butte, near the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve...

Jack Dykinga / Steep valleys in the foothills of the Temblor Range, carpeted with Coreopsis (yellow) and Phacelia (purple) with patches of orange California poppy (Eschscholzia californica). Carrizo Plain, Californi...

Jack Dykinga / Yellow California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) and orange California poppies (Eschscholzia californica) carpet the hillside, with flowering Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia) in the forground. Antel...

Jack Dykinga / Yellow California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) and orange California Poppies (Eschscholzia californica), with a flowering Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia). Antelope Butte, near the Antelope Valley...

Jack Dykinga / Yellow California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) and orange California Poppies (Eschscholzia californica), with a flowering Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia). Antelope Butte, near the Antelope Valley...

Bernard Castelein / Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) De Inslag, Brasschaat, Belgium

Bruno D'Amicis / Common mulleins (Verbascum thapsus), Poppies (Papaver rhoeas), and Daisies flowering in mountain pasture. Gran Sasso National Park, Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, June.

Stephen Dalton / Horse fly (Tabanus sp) male taking off from poppy seed-head (Papaver rhoeas) Sussex, UK

Floris van Breugel / California poppies (Eschscholzia californica) and California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) extend as far as the eye can see, Antelope Valley Poppy Preserve, California, USA

Floris van Breugel / California poppies (Eschscholzia californica) and California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) extend as far as the eye can see, Antelope Valley Poppy Preserve, California, USA

Andres M. Dominguez / Great green bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) and Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas) Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain, April.

Andres M. Dominguez / Dew on spiderweb with Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas) in the background, Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, El Bosque, southern Spain, April.

Dong Lei / Blue poppy (Meconopsis betonicifolia), Mount Namjagbarwa, Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon National Park, Tibet, China.

Dong Lei / Poppy (Meconopsis punicea) in habitat, Serxu, Shiqu county, Sichuan Province, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China. August.

Dong Lei / Poppy (Meconopsis racemosa) flower in habitat. Serxu, Shiqu county, Sichuan Province, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China. August.

Dong Lei / Blue poppy (Meconopsis racemosa var. spinulifera) in misty landscape, Serxu, Shiqu county, Sichuan Province, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China, August 2010.

Ernie Janes / Field poppies (Papaver rhoeas) and Corn Chamomile (Anthemis arvensis) growing in organic Barley (Hordeum vulgare) crop, Norfolk, England, UK. July.

Ann & Steve Toon / Cornfield annual summer wildflowers growing on one of the plant charity Landlife's National Wildflower Farms, St Helens, Merseyside, UK, June.

Ann & Steve Toon / Wildflowers, including poppies (Papaver rhoeas), corn marigold (Glebionis segetum), cornflowers (Centaurea cyanus) and corn chamomile (Anthemis arvensis), being grown for seed by Landlife, Fir Tree Fa...

Dong Lei / Blue poppy (Meconopsis lyrata) Kawakarpo Mountain, Meri Snow Mountain National Park, Yunnan Province, China.

Dong Lei / Yellow poppywort (Meconopsis integrifolia) flowering, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Shiqu County, Sichuan Province, China, August.

Ernie Janes / Field Poppies Pavaver rhoea and Sugar beet crop in Norfolk Field UK July

Lynn M Stone / English Springer Spaniel in Virginia Cowslip (Lamprocapnos spectabilis) Rockton, Illinois, USA

Theo Bosboom,Theo Bosboom / Flowers in bloom with Poppies (Papaver rhoeas) and Anthemis in field near Huissen, the Netherlands, June 2011

Paul Harcourt Davies / Floral colour in fields on the Piano Grande from Poppies (Papaver rhoeas), Cornflowers (Centaurea), Mustard (Brassica) and Mayweed (Anthemis), Umbria, Italy, June

Paul Harcourt Davies,Paul Harcourt Davies / Mayweed (Anthemis sp) and Poppies (Papaver rhoeas) in flower, near Orvieto, Umbria, Italy, June

Paul Harcourt Davies / Cornflowers (Centaurea cyanus) and poppies (Papaver rhoeas) growing on fallow fields near Orvieto, Umbria, Italy. June 2010

Paul Harcourt Davies,Paul Harcourt Davies / Poppies (Papaver rhoeas) in flower, growing near the military cemetry, Bolsena, Italy. Taken with fisheye lens

Bernard Castelein / Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) seedhead, Brasschaat, Belgium. August.

Bernard Castelein / Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) flower covered in dew, Brasschaat, Belgium. August.

Linda Pitkin / Welsh poppy (Papaver cambricum) in flower, Surrey, England. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Fallow fields burst into flower containing Woad (Isatis tinctoria), Corn chamomile (Anthemis arvensis), Hoarry mullein (Verbascum pulverulentum), Purple toadflax (Linaria purpurea) and Common poppy (P...

Paul Harcourt Davies / Fallow fields burst into flower containing Corn chamomile (Anthemis arvensis), Hoarry mullein (Verbascum pulverulentum), Purple toadflax (Linaria purpurea) and Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas), Abruzzo,...

Paul Harcourt Davies / Fallow fields burst into flower containing Corn chamomile (Anthemis arvensis), Hoarry mullein (Verbascum pulverulentum), Purple toadflax (Linaria purpurea) and Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas), Abruzzo,...

Paul Harcourt Davies / Fallow fields burst into flower containing Corn chamomile (Anthemis arvensis), Hoarry mullein (Verbascum pulverulentum), Purple toadflax (Linaria purpurea) and Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas), Abruzzo,...

Paul Harcourt Davies / Fallow fields burst into flower containing Corn chamomile (Anthemis arvensis), Hoarry mullein (Verbascum pulverulentum), Purple toadflax (Linaria purpurea) and Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas), Abruzzo,...

Paul Harcourt Davies / Fallow fields burst into flower containing Corn chamomile (Anthemis arvensis), Hoarry mullein (Verbascum pulverulentum), Purple toadflax (Linaria purpurea) and Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas), Abruzzo,...

Paul Harcourt Davies / Fallow fields burst into flower containing Corn chamomile (Anthemis arvensis), Hoarry mullein (Verbascum pulverulentum), Purple toadflax (Linaria purpurea) and Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas), Abruzzo,...

Paul Harcourt Davies / Fallow field in flower containing Poppy (Papaver rhoeas), Woad (Isatis tinctoria), Corn chamomile (Anthemis arvensis) Olympian mullein (Verbascum longifolium) and Purple toadflax (Linaria purpurea),...