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.