Phil Savoie / Garden bumblebee (Bombus hortorum) flying to Purple toadflax (Linaria purpurea) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, July.

Steve Downer / Close up of a Black slug (Arion ater agg.) feeding on a Plantain lily (Hosta) leaf, Birmingham, England, UK, August.

Stephen Dalton / Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) in flight over Plantain flowers, UK

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / Mating pair of Azure damselflies (Coenagrion puella) on Plantain (Plantago sp) Lagadin region, Lake Ohrid, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009

Ross Hoddinott / Banded demoiselle {Calopteryx splendens} female at rest on plantain flower head, Lower Tamar Lake, Cornwall, UK. May

Wild Wonders of Europe / López / Two Plantain (Plantago sp) seed heads, Poland, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Spotted fritillary (Melitaea didyma) on Plantain seed head, Fliess, Naturpark Kaunergrat, Tirol, Austria, July 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Spotted fritillary (Melitaea didyma) on Plantain seed head, Fliess, Naturpark Kaunergrat, Tirol, Austria, July 2008 WWE OUTDOOR EXHIBITION

Ross Hoddinott / Common blue butterfly {Polyommatus icarus} resting on plantain, Dorset. UK

Bernard Castelein / Red-veined darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii) female covered in dew droplets on Ribwort plantain (Plantago lanceolata) flowerhead. Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. June.

Bernard Castelein / Red-veined darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii) female covered in dew droplets, resting on Ribwort plantain (Plantago lanceolata) flowerhead. Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. June.

Nigel Cattlin / Banana (Musa x paradisiaca) cross section showing tightly packed leaves is pseudostem.