Paul Harcourt Davies / Species rich alpine meadow with Orange lily (Lilium bulbiferum), Meadow clary (Salvia pratensis) and Yellow rattle (Rhinathus sp). View towards Campitello di Fassa and mountains, Fassa Valley, Dolomit...

Ashley Cooper / Thermometer taking the air temperature as part of a study to measure the speed of the Russell Glacier near Kangerlussuaq Greenland. July 2008.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Emperor Moth (Saturnia pavoniella) male, on tree bark, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy, April

Paul Harcourt Davies,Paul Harcourt Davies / Lesser Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros) hibernating in an Etruscan tomb, Podere Montecucco, near Orvieto, Umbria, Italy, November

Paul Harcourt Davies,Paul Harcourt Davies / Common Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon) backlit showing wing structure. Podere Montecucco, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy, October

Paul Harcourt Davies / Short-horned grasshoppers (Calliptamus italicus) mating, showing sexual dimorphism, Pescia Romana, Tarquinia, Umbria, Italy, September

Paul Harcourt Davies / Newly emerged adult Two-tailed Pasha (Charaxes jasius) Podere Montecucco. Orvieto, Umbria, Italy August

Paul Harcourt Davies / Newly emerged adult Two-tailed Pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius) Podere Montecucco. Orvieto, Umbria, Italy August

Paul Harcourt Davies,Paul Harcourt Davies / Emergence of Two-tailed Pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius) Podere Montecucco. Orvieto, Umbria, Italy August. Sequence 6 of 9

Paul Harcourt Davies / Emergence of Two-tailed Pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius) Podere Montecucco. Orvieto, Umbria, Italy August. Sequence 1 of 9

Paul Harcourt Davies,Paul Harcourt Davies / Martagon lily (Lilium martagonium) flower, Terminillo, Rieti, Lazio, Italy, July

Paul Harcourt Davies,Paul Harcourt Davies / Apollo butterfly (Parnasius apollo) feeding on flower, Mount Terminillo, Rieti, Lazio, Italy, July 2011

Paul Harcourt Davies / Alpine Snowbell (Soldanella alpina) in flower, above Madoona di Campiglio, Brenta Dolomites, Italy, June 2010

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 / Corncockle (Agrostemma githago) in flower, Piano Grande, Umbria, Italy, June

Paul Harcourt Davies,Paul Harcourt Davies / Low lying cloud / mist over the Piano Grande in the early morning, Sibillini, Norcia, Italy, June 2010

Paul Harcourt Davies,Paul Harcourt Davies / Cornflowers (Centaurea cyanus) and Mayweed (Anthemis) on the Piano Grande, Umbria, Italy, June 2010

Paul Harcourt Davies,Paul Harcourt Davies / Peacock butterfly (Inachis io) resting against a wood shed window, Orvieto, 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,Paul Harcourt Davies / Cornflowers (Centaurea cyanus) in fallow fields, near Sugano, Orvieto, Italy, June

Paul Harcourt Davies,Paul Harcourt Davies / Eugenia's Violet (Viola eugeniaea) in flower, blue form, Campo Imperatore, Gran Sasso, Appennines, Abruzzo, Italy, May 2010

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

Paul Harcourt Davies,Paul Harcourt Davies / Appennine Trumpet Gentian (Gentiana dinarica) in flower, on roadside below Gran Sasso, Appennines, Abruzzo, Italy, May

Paul Harcourt Davies,Paul Harcourt Davies / Yellow tulip (Tulipa australis) in flower, above Piano Grande, Sibillini, Appennines, Umbria, Italy, May 2011

Paul Harcourt Davies / Spring Crocus (Crocus vernus) in flower in snow, Campo Imperatore, Gran Sasso, Appennines, Abruzzo, Italy, May

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 / Cornflowers (Centaurea cyanus) growing on fallow fields near Orvieto, Umbria, Italy, June. Taken with fisheye lens

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

Paul Harcourt Davies,Paul Harcourt Davies / Heldreich's Ophrys (Ophrys heldreichii) in flower, against white background, near Plakias, Crete, May

Paul Harcourt Davies / Glow worm (Lampyris noctiluca) female glowing, Italy.

Paul Harcourt Davies / European praying mantis (Mantis religiosa) camouflaged on leaf, Tuscany, Italy

Paul Harcourt Davies / Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) female alert for prey on a flower, Italy

Paul Harcourt Davies / Sea daffodil / lily (Pancratium maritimum) flowers open in late afternoon and remain open overnight, coinciding with the flight times of the Convolvulus hawkmoth (Herse convolvuli) its pollinator, Umb...

Paul Harcourt Davies / Scarce swallowtail (Iphiclides podalirius) butterfly landing on a flower, nr Orvieto, Italy. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Hoverfly (Falennia fasciata) resting on a plant stem, Orvieto, Italy. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Fiery clearwing moth (Pyropteron chrysidiforme) resting on a flower, Orvieto, Umbria. Italy. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Neapolitan crocus (Crocus neapolitanus) in bloom after the snow melt, high in the Apennines, Campo Imperatore, Abruzzo, Italy. May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Orange-tip (Anthocharis cardamines) butterfly egg laid on the larval foodplant, Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata), nearly ready to hatch, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy April .

Paul Harcourt Davies / European black widow spider (Latrodectus tredecimguttatus) pair next to egg sac, female is the larger of the two, Tolfa Hills, Lazio, Italy. July .

Paul Harcourt Davies / Female Mammoth wasp (Megascolia maculata) in flight, Italy, June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Yellow flag iris (Iris pseudacorus) in flower near wetland, Umbria, Italy. May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Female Flower crab spider (Misumena vatia) on lavender Umbria, Italy. May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Female Purple-shot copper butterfly (Lycaena alciphron) resting on pink flowering plants, Umbria, Italy. May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Green-underside blue butterfly (Glaucopsyche alexis) resting on blue flower, Umbria, Italy. May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Female Pink crab spider (Thomisus onustus) sit on back of blue flower waiting to grasp unwary pollinator, Umbria, Italy. May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Eye scales of Peacock butterfly (Nymphalis io) captured under low power on a mciroscope and stacked. March.

Paul Harcourt Davies / European comma butterfly (Polygonia c-album) resting on leaf, Umrbia, Italy. November.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Scarce swallowtail butterfly (Iphiclides podalirius) feeding on small pink flowers, Umbria, Italy. August.