Guy Edwardes / Autumn lady's tresses (Spiranthes spiralis), Isle of Portland, Dorset, England, UK

Sue Daly / Autumn ladies tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) Sark, British Channel Islands, August.

Sue Daly / Autumn ladies tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) Sark, British Channel Islands, August.

Colin Varndell / Autumn lady's tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) in flower. Portland, Dorset, UK, August.

David Kjaer / Autumn Lady's tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) Dorset, UK

Andres M. Dominguez / Autumn lady's-tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain, September.

Gary K. Smith / Autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale)meadow saffron, naked lady, Norfolk, England UK. September

David Kjaer / Autumn lady's tresses (Spiranthes spiralis), Dorset, UK, August.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Autumn Ladies Tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) La Pineta, near Castel Giorgio, Orvieto, Umbria, September.

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Autumn Ladies Tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) La Pineta, near Castel Giorgio, Orvieto, Umbria. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Autumn Ladies Tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) La Pineta, near Castel Giorgio, Orvieto, Umbria. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Duncan Usher / Asian Ladybird Beetle (Harmonia axyridis) group gathering in autumn, Hessen, Germany

Doug Wechsler / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) on Sedum (Sedum spectabile), Pennsylvania, USA, September.

Paul Hobson / Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) melanic form, on turning leaf. Sheffield, October.

Colin Varndell / European beech trees (Fagus sylvatica) in Lady's Walk, Ashridge Estate, UK, November

Simon Colmer / Autumn Lady's Tresses orchid (Spiranthes spiralis) Levin Down Nature Reserve, Sussex, UK, August

Simon Colmer / Autumn Lady's Tresses orchid (Spiranthes spiralis) Levin Down Nature Reserve, Sussex, UK, August

Florian Möllers / Elderly lady feeding walnut to Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) by hand, cemetery "In den Kisseln", Berlin, Germany.

Florian Möllers / Elderly lady feeding walnut to Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) by hand, cemetery "In den Kisseln", Berlin, Germany, November

LYNN M. STONE / Lady hunter with .12 gauge shotgun and black Labrador Retriever in autumn woodland, sitting on log; Putnam, Connecticut, USA. Model Released

Nigel Cattlin / Autumn lady's tresses (Spiranthes spiralis), a small orchid with white flowers on Greenham Common, Berkshire, September

Nigel Cattlin / Autumn lady's tresses (Spiranthes spiralis), a small orchid with white flowers on Greenham Common, Berkshire, September

Mike Read / Lady fern (Athyrium filix femina) amongst beech trees in Mark Ash Wood, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, UK, November 2010

Guy Edwardes / Elderly lady in traditional dress leading donkey carrying firewood through streets of Pirin, Pirin Mountains, Bulgaria, October 2019.

Alex Mustard / Autumn lady's-tresses orchid (Spiranthes spiralis) in flower, La Caletta, Siniscola, Sardinia. October.

Mike Read / Autumn lady's tresses orchid (Spiranthes spiralis) flowering on dew covered grassland, Wilverley Plain, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. August.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Harlequin ladybirds (Harmonia axyridis) hibernating in the corner of an unheated bathroom. Podere Montecucco, Umbria, Italy. November.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Autumn ladies tresses orchid (Spiranthes spiralis) in flower, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy. September.

Linda Pitkin / Autumn lady's-tresses (Spiranthes spiralis), three flowering spikes. Epsom Downs, Surrey, England, UK. August.

Linda Pitkin / Autumn lady's-tresses (Spiranthes spiralis), three flowering spikes. Epsom Downs, Surrey, England, UK. August.

Linda Pitkin / Autumn Lady's-tresses orchid (Spiranthes spiralis) locally rare plant. Epsom Downs, Surrey, England, August.