Nigel Cattlin / Harlequin ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) larvae still with a raft of empty egg cases, June Berkshire, England, UK.

Edwin Giesbers / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) pair mating on Mayweed (Anthemis sp) flower. Cyprus. April.

Edwin Giesbers / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) pair mating on Mayweed (Anthemis sp) flower. Cyprus. April.

Edwin Giesbers / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) on Mayweed (Anthemis sp) flower. Cyprus. April.

Kerstin Hinze / Painted lady (Vanessa cardui) nectaring, Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany, June.

Phil Savoie / Pink lady mayfly (Epeorus albertae) close up of eye of male, Madison River, Montana, USA, August.

Willi Rolfes/ BIA / Pink Lady Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium calceolus) flowers, Lower Saxony, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) in flight, Germany

Neil Aldridge / Two Lady's slipper orchids (Cypripedium calceolus) in flower in spring in woodland near Kuressaare, Saaremaa, Estonia.

Alex Hyde / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) on flower, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. September.

Matthias Breiter / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) female on coast, Lady Franklin Island, Nunavut, Canada

Dong Lei / Chinese lady slipper orchid flowers (Cypripedium tibeticum), Mount Namjagbarwa, Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon National Park, Tibet, China.