Doug Wechsler / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) on Sedum (Sedum spectabile), Pennsylvania, USA, September.

Paul Hobson / Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) melanic form, on turning leaf. Sheffield, October.

Colin Varndell / European beech trees (Fagus sylvatica) in Lady's Walk, Ashridge Estate, UK, November

Simon Colmer / Autumn Lady's Tresses orchid (Spiranthes spiralis) Levin Down Nature Reserve, Sussex, UK, August

Simon Colmer / Autumn Lady's Tresses orchid (Spiranthes spiralis) Levin Down Nature Reserve, Sussex, UK, August

Florian Möllers / Elderly lady feeding walnut to Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) by hand, cemetery "In den Kisseln", Berlin, Germany.

Florian Möllers / Elderly lady feeding walnut to Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) by hand, cemetery "In den Kisseln", Berlin, Germany, November

LYNN M. STONE / Lady hunter with .12 gauge shotgun and black Labrador Retriever in autumn woodland, sitting on log; Putnam, Connecticut, USA. Model Released

Mike Read / Lady fern (Athyrium filix femina) amongst beech trees in Mark Ash Wood, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, UK, November 2010