Nick Upton / Slow motion cllip of a Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) nectaring on a Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) flower, with another trying to court with it, Wiltshire, England, UK, July.

Kim Taylor / Black-tipped Soldier Beetle {Rhagonycha fulva} taking off from Creeping Thistle {Cirsium arvense} Surrey, England.

Nigel Cattlin / Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) with chlorosis caused by PST bacteria (Pseudomonas syringae pv tagetis). Dorset, England, UK. October.

Nigel Cattlin / Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) with chlorosis caused by PST bacteria (Pseudomonas syringae pv tagetis). Dorset, England, UK. October.

Nigel Cattlin / Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) with leaf chlorosis caused by Bacteria (Pseudomonas syringae pv tagetis). Berkshire England, UK. June.

Rod Williams / Six-spot burnet moths (Zygaena filipendulae) feeding on creeping thistle, Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, July

Rod Williams / Red-tipped clearwing (Synanthedon formicaeformis) feeding on creeping thistle, Sutcliffe Park, Eltham, London, England, UK. September.

Rod Williams / Hoverfly (Volucella inanis) female, wasp-mimic feeding on creeping thistle, Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, UK, July.

Rod Williams / Hoverfly (Eristalis intricarius) male feeding on creeping thistle Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, UK, July.

Rod Williams / Hoverfly (Volucella inanis) male feeding on creeping thistle Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, UK, July.

Rod Williams / Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) feeding on creeping thistle Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, London, England, UK. September.

Stephen Dalton / Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) and Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) Sussex, England, UK, August.

Rod Williams / Ornate-tailed digger wasp (Cerceris rybyensis) feeding on creeping thistle, Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, UK. July.

Nick Upton / Slow motion close up view of a White-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) using its middle legs to fend off a Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) whilst nectaring on Creeping thistle flowers (C...

Nick Upton / Wide angle clip of Marbled white butterflies (Melanargia galathea) and White-tailed bumblebees (Bombus lucorum) flying around and nectaring on Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) flowers, Wiltshire, En...

Nick Upton / Slow motion wide angle clip of Marbled white butterflies (Melanargia galathea) and a White-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) flying around and nectaring on Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) flowers,...

Nick Upton / Slow motion wide angle clip of Marbled white butterflies (Melanargia galathea) flying around and nectaring on Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) flowers, Wiltshire, England, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Slow motion clip of a Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) nectaring on a Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) flower before taking off, Wiltshire, England, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Tree bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum) foraging on Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) flower in a meadow, Wiltshire, UK, July.

Rod Williams / Common Red soldier beetles (Rhagonycha fulva) on Creeping thistle, Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, UK July

Rod Williams / Large Skipper butterfly (Ochlodes sylvanus) female feeding on creeping thistle, Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, UK June

Alan Williams / Bug (Grypocoris stysi) on Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense) flowerat the edge of woodland Cheshire UK August 55983

Stephen Dalton / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) on Creeping thistle, Sussex, UK

Stephen Dalton / Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) on creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) Sussex, UK

Nick Upton / Red ant (Myrmica rubra) collecting honeydew from Black bean aphids (Aphis fabae) on a Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) stem, chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, July.

Rod Williams / Male Holly blue butterfly (Celastrina argiolus) on Creeping thistle flower, Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, July.

Will Watson / Field cuckoo bumblebee (Bombus campestris) on Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense), Worcestershire, England, UK, August.

Alan Williams / Hornet hoverfly (Volucella zonaria) feeding on Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) at edge of woodland, Cheshire, UK, August.

Sven Zacek / European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) feeding on Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) seeds in evening light in Valgamaa, Estonia, July.

Alan Williams / Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) seed heads shedding seed growing in field, Cheshire, England, UK. August.

Alan Williams / Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) seed heads shedding seed growing in field Cheshire, England, UK. August.

Alan Williams / Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) seed heads shedding seed growing in farm field Cheshire, England, UK. August.

Alan Williams / Peacock butterfly (Aglais io) on Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) Cheshire, UK, August.

MYN / Marko Masterl / Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense) in flower, Slovenia, Europe, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

Rod Williams / Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense) Ladywell Fields, Lewisham, South East London, England, UK, July

Alex Hyde / Creeping Thistle (Cirsium vulgare), Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. July.

Gary K. Smith / Dark green Fritillary butterfly (Argynnis aglaja) feeding on Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) England, UK, June.

Ernie Janes / Dark green fritillary (Argynnis aglaja) on creeping thistle. Burnham Overy sand dunes, Norfolk, UK, June.

Ernie Janes / Dark green fritillary (Argynnis aglaja) on creeping thistle. Burnham Overy sand dunes, Norfolk, UK, July.

Ernie Janes / Dark green fritillary (Argynnis aglaja) on creeping thistle. Burnham Overy sand dunes, Norfolk, UK, July.

Ernie Janes / Dark green fritillary (Argynnis aglaja) on creeping thistle. Burnham Overy sand dunes, Norfolk, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Small tortoiseshell butterfly (Aglais urticae) feeding on Creeping thistle flowers (Cirsium arvense), Wiltshire, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Female Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) feeding on a Creeping thistle flower (Cirsium arvense) in a chalk grassland meadow as a male hovers above to court her, Wiltshire, UK, July.

Bjorn Forsberg / Creeping thistle {Cirsium arvense}, blackfly and other flying insects, Sweden

WILLIAM OSBORN / Painted lady butterfly {Vanessa cardui} feeding on creeping thistle. Gloucester, UK.

PREMAPHOTOS / Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus) on creeping thistle flower, UK

Kim Taylor / Green veined white butterfly {Pieris napi} male on Creeping thistle, UK.

Kim Taylor / Giant Hoverfly (Volucella zonaria) feeding on Creeping Thistle. UK

Kim Taylor / Brimstone Butterfly (Gonepteryx rhamni) male feeding on Creeping Thistle, UK.

Pascal Tordeux / Thistle (Cirsium arvense). French Alps, July.

Premaphotos / Common soldier beetles (Rhagonycha fulva) mating on Creeping thistle flower, with a second male trying to dislodge the mating male, UK

Premaphotos / Common soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) mating pairs on Creeping thistle flower, UK

Will Watson / Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) flowers and buds, Herefordshire Plateau, England, UK. August. Focus stacked.

Mike Read / Brown hairstreak butterfly (Thecla betulae) nectaring on Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) flower, Alners Gorse Reserve, Dorset, England, UK. August.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) growing on riverbank, River Dulnain, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK. August.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) seed heads in grazing pasture at dawn, Ballinlaggan, Scotland, UK. August.

Linda Pitkin / Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) in flower, Surrey, England, July.

Linda Pitkin / Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) in flower, Surrey, England, July.

Philippe Clement / Seeds and seed heads of Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense), Belgium. August.

Nick Upton / Brimstone butterfly (Gonepteryx rhamni) nectaring on a Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) flowerhead on a chalk grassland down, near Calne, Wiltshire, UK, July.

Jussi Murtosaari / Silver-washed fritillary (Argynnis paphia valesina), female and, Eurasian bee beetle (Trichius fasciatus) feeding on Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense), Finland, July.

Nick Upton / Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) juvenile foraging on Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) seeds, Catcott Lows National Nature Reserve, Somerset, UK, September.

Niall Benvie / Selection of wildflowers against white background, including Thistle (Cirsium), Common rockrose (Helianthemum chamaecistus), Meadow clary (Salvia pratensis) Creeping hairbell (Campanula rapunculoides)...

Nigel Cattlin / Chlorosis in leaves of a creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) caused by a bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv tagetis - a possible method of biological control of this weed

Nigel Cattlin / Chlorosis in leaves of a creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) caused by a bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv tagetis - a possible method of biological control of this weed

Rod Williams / Six-spot burnet (Zygaena filipendulae) feeding on creeping thistle, and showing tongue Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, UK. July 2017

Rod Williams / Hoverfly (Eristalis intricarius) Feeding on creeping thistle Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, UK. July.

Rod Williams / Hoverfly (Helophilus hybridus) female feeding on creeping thistle Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, UK. August

Will Watson / Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense), seed heads, brownfield site, Worcester, England, August.