Colin Varndell / Oblong-leaved sundew (Drosera sp.) showing flower buds. Dorset, UK July.

MYN / Piotr Naskrecki / Oblong winged katydid (Amblycorypha oblongifolia) USA, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Piotr Naskrecki / Oblong winged katydid (Amblycorypha oblongifolia) USA, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

Konrad Wothe / Oblong-leaved Sundew (Drosera intermedia) with dew which attracts and catches prey, Bavaria, Germany

Konrad Wothe / Oblong-leaved Sundew (Drosera intermedia) with dew which attracts and catches prey, Bavaria, Germany

Konrad Wothe / Oblong-leaved Sundew (Drosera intermedia) with dew which attracts and catches prey, Bavaria, Germany

Konrad Wothe / Oblong-leaved Sundew (Drosera intermedia) attracting damselflies to prey upon, Bavaria, Germany

Murray Cooper / Orchid (Epidendrum tridens) flower, Ecuador

Colin Varndell / Oblong-leaved sundew (Drosera sp) Studland Heath, Dorset, England, UK August

Philippe Clement / Oblong otter clam / Oblong otter-shell (Lutraria magna) on beach, Brittany, France

Philippe Clement / Oblong otter clam / Oblong otter-shell (Lutraria magna) Brittany, France

Philippe Clement / Oblong otter clam / Oblong otter-shell (Lutraria magna) on beach, Brittany, France

Philippe Clement / Narrow otter shell (Lutraria angustior) (above) and Oblong otter clam / Oblong otter-shell (Lutraria magna), Brittany, France

Philippe Clement / Oblong / Narrow otter shell (Lutraria angustior) Belgium

Jan Vermeer / Damselfly trapped in carnivorous Oblong-leaved Sundew (Drosera intermedia), Europe

Konrad Wothe / Oblong-leaved Sundew (Drosera intermedia) with dew which attracts and catches prey, Bavaria, Germany

Robert Thompson / Long / oblong leaved sundew (Drosera intermedia) growing in water, Lough Beg, Killarney National Park, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland, July

Jim Brandenburg / Oblong scabbard clip, bronze Viking ornament excavated from burial mounds at tenth-century settlement in the forest of Gnezdovo, near Smolensk, Russia