Insects

Crocus (Crocus)

Dragonfly (Sympetrum) sunbathing on a shoe

Dragonfly (Sympetrum) sunbathing on a shoe

Dragonfly (Sympetrum)

Fernleaf yarrow (Achillea filipendulina 'Hella Glasshoff') and ladybird (Coccinella)

Common horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) and horse-chestnut leaf miner (Cameraria ohridella)

Purple giant hyssop (Agastache rugosa) and painted lady (Vanessa cardui)

Purple giant hyssop (Agastache rugosa) and painted lady (Vanessa cardui)

Common hollyhock (Alcea rosea) and bumble bee (Bombus)

Mouse garlic (Allium angulosum) and painted lady (Vanessa cardui)

German garlic (Allium senescens subsp. senescens) and bees (Apis)

Silver-washed fritillary (Argynnis paphia) and purple cone flower (Echinacea purpurea)

Scarlet milkweed (Asclepias curassavica) and bumble bee (Bombus)

Bushy aster (Aster dumosus 'Nesthäkchen') and peacock butterfly (Inachis io)

Bushy aster (Aster dumosus 'Silberblaukissen') and peacock butterfly (Inachis io)

Bushy aster (Aster dumosus 'Silberteppich') and painted lady (Vanessa cardui)

Bushy aster (Aster dumosus 'Silberteppich') and painted lady (Vanessa cardui)

New England aster (Aster novae-angliae 'Abendsonne') and bee (Apis)

Michaelmas daisy (Aster novi-belgii 'Violetta') and peacock butterfly (Inachis io)

Michaelmas daisy (Aster novi-belgii 'Violetta') and peacock butterfly (Inachis io)

Asters (Aster) and comma (Polygonia c-album syn. Nymphalis c-album)

Asters (Aster) and comma (Polygonia c-album syn. Nymphalis c-album)

Aster (Aster) and red admiral (Vanessa atalanta)

Saw-tooth banksia (Banksia serrata) and peacock butterfly (Inachis io)

Common butterfly bush (Buddleja davidii 'Pink Delight') and painted lady (Vanessa cardui)

Swamp bottlebrush (Callistemon speciosus) and bumble bee (Bombus)

Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum indicum 'Cinderella') and small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)

Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum indicum 'Cinderella') and small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)

Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum rubellum 'Mary Stoker') and peacock butterfly (Inachis io)

Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum rubellum 'Mary Stoker') and peacock butterfly (Inachis io)

Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum rubellum 'Mary Stoker') and comma (Polygonia c-album syn. Nymphalis c-album)

Common thistle (Cirsium vulgare) and bee (Apis)

Common thistle (Cirsium vulgare) and bee (Apis)

Kentucky yellow wood (Cladrastis kentukea syn. Cladrastis lutea) and bumble bee (Bombus)

Clematis (Clematis) and peacock butterfly (Inachis io)

Clematis (Clematis Mrs Robert Brydon) and bee (Apis)

Sweet pepper bush (Clethra alnifolia) and small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)

Sweet pepper bush (Clethra alnifolia) and small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)

Garden cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus) and annual sage (Salvia viridis syn. Salvia horminum)

Bearberry cotoneaster (Cotoneaster dammeri var. radicans) and bee (Apis)