Doug Wechsler / Ambush bug (Phymata sp) on Black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta) on shield bug prey, Morris Arboretum, Philadelphia, Pennsylavania, USA. August.

Ernie Janes / Cosmos flower (Cosmos bipinnatus) cultivated plant in garden border, with Bumblebee (Bombus sp) in flight.

Ernie Janes / Cosmos flower (Cosmos bipinnatus) cultivated plant in garden border, with Bumblebee (Bombus sp) in flight.

Ernie Janes / Cosmos flower (Cosmos bipinnatus) cultivated plant in garden border, with Bumblebee (Bombus sp)s in flight.

Ernie Janes / Cosmos flower (Cosmos bipinnatus) cultivated plant in border, with Bumblebee (Bombus sp)s pollinating.

Claudio Contreras / Tickseed (Coreopsis sp.) flowers, Laredo Borderlands, Texas, USA. April

Chien Lee / Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) in Giant Coreopsis (Coreopsis gigantea), California

Chien Lee / Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) in Giant Coreopsis (Coreopsis gigantea), California

Kirkendall-Spring / East Anacapa Island's Inspiration Point with a view of Middle and West Anacapa Islands and Santa Cruz Island with Tickseed (Coreopsis sp) blooming in foreground, Channel Island National Park, Californ...

Kirkendall-Spring / Western seagull (Larus occidentalis) nesting among invasive Ice plant (Mesembryanthemum sp) and Tickseed (Coreopsis sp) with East Anacapa Island lighthouse in background, Channel Islands National Park...

Kevin Schafer / Tickseed (Coreopsis calliopsidea) and Foxtail (Vulpia sp), Carrizo Plain National Monument, California

Tim Fitzharris / Drummond's Phlox (Phlox drummondii), Bluebonnet (Lupinus subcarnosus), and Tickseed (Coreopsis sp) near Westhoff, Texas

Shattil & Rozinski / {Coreopsis sp} flowers and California poppy {Eschscholzia californica} flowers in mixed wildflower meadow, California, USA 1995

Shattil & Rozinski / {Coreopsis sp} flowers and California poppy {Eschscholzia californica} flowers in mixed wildflower meadow, California, USA 1995

Tim Fitzharris / Sand Bluebonnet (Lupinus subcarnosus), Drummond's Phlox (Phlox drummondii ) and Tickseed, Fort Parker State Park, Texas

Tim Fitzharris / Sand Bluebonnet (Lupinus subcarnosus), Drummond's Phlox (Phlox drummondii ) and Tickseed, Fort Parker State Park, Texas

Tim Fitzharris / Annual Coreopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria) Texas Bluebonnet (Lupinus subcarnosus) and Drummond's Phlox (Phlox drummondii), Fort Parker State Park, Texas

Tim Fitzharris / Tickseed (Coreopsis sp) flowers blooming in meadow, Myakka River State Park, Florida

Tim Fitzharris / Paintbrush (Castilleja sp) and coreopsis meadow, Hill Country, Texas

Tim Fitzharris / American Painted Lady (Cynthia virginiensis) butterfly feeding on Tickseed (Coreopsis sp) flower, New Mexico

Tim Fitzharris / Indian Blanket (Gaillardia pulchella), Bluebonnet (Lupinus subcarnosus), Tickseed and Prickly Poppy (Argemone polyanthemos) flowers blowing in the wind, Hill Country, Texas

Matthias Breiter / Annual Coreopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria) flower, Spruce Woods Provincial Park, Manitoba, Canada

Matthias Breiter / Annual Coreopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria) flower, Spruce Woods Provincial Park, Manitoba, Canada

Jack Dykinga / Tickseed (Coreopsis sp.) and Owl clover (Castilleja exserta) carpeting the Carrizo Plain in the foothills of the Temblor Range, Caliente Range foothills. California, USA. March.

Marie Read / Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) male in a late summer garden setting, Coreopsis sp. flowers around the perch, New York, USA, August.