Yashpal Rathore / Blue-tailed bee-eater (Merops philippinus) sitting on perch with insect prey, ear Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary, Karnataka, India.

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Meleager's blue butterfly (Polyommatus daphnis) caterpillar on purple crown vetch (Securigera varia), Lorsch, Hessen, Germany. May. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Jean E. Roche / Crown vetch (Securigera varia) growing on slope, Rhone a Avignon, France, July.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Crown vetch (Coronilla varia) in flower, Fliess, Naturpark Kaunergrat, Tirol, Austria, July 2008

Pascal Tordeux / Crown Vetch / Purple Crown Vetch (Coronilla varia / Securigera varia). Queyras, south east of France, August.

Pascal Tordeux / Crown Vetch / Purple Crown Vetch (Coronilla / Securigera varia) in flower. Picardy, France, July.

Pascal Tordeux / Purple crown vetch (Coronilla / Securigera varia) in flower. July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Crown vetch (Coronilla varia) growing along path in wild Italian garden, Podere Montecuco, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy, June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Crown vetch (Coronilla varia) in flower, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Purple crown vetch (Securigera varia) in flower, Umbria, Italy. June.