Pete Cairns / Frosted Birch trees and reeds around loch, Abernethy, Cairngorms National Park,

Nick Upton / Parasite fly / Tachinid fly (Gymnosoma sp) a parasitoid of Shield bugs, feeding on Rock samphire / Sea Fennel flowers (Crithmum maritimum) Samos, Greece, August.

Nick Upton / Hairy flower wasp (Colpa quinquecincta) feeding on Rock samphire / Sea fennel (Crithmum maritimum) Samos, Greece, August.

Nick Upton / Blue mud dauber wasp (Chalybion sp) feeding on Rock samphire / Sea fennel (Crithmum maritimum) Samos, Greece, August.

Nick Upton / Potter wasp / Mason wasp (Eumenes mediterraneus) feeding on Rock samphire / Sea Fennel flowers (Crithmum maritimum) by the coast, Samos, Greece, August.

Nick Upton / Italian striped stink / Harlequin bugs (Graphosoma italicum) feeding on Rock samphire / Sea fennel flowers (Crithmum maritimum) by the coast, Samos, Greece, August.

Nick Upton / Red assassin bug (Rhinocoris iracundus) hunting insect prey on Rock samphire / Sea Fennel flowers (Crithmum maritimum) by the coast, Samos, Greece, August.

Nick Upton / Rock samphire / Sea fennel (Crithmum maritimum) flowering on coastal limestone rocks, with moored sailing yacht and the mountains of western Turkey in the background, Psili Ammos, Samos, Greece, Augus...

Nick Upton / Rock samphire / Sea fennel (Crithmum maritimum) flowering on coastal limestone rocks, with moored sailing yacht and the mountains of western Turkey in the background, Psili Ammos, Samos, Greece, Augus...

Colin Varndell / Rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum) in bloom, Chesil Beach, Dorset, UK, August

Steve Nicholls / Rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum) growing on rocky beach, Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset, UK, September

Philippe Clement / Rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum) growing on sea cliff, Brittany, France

Adrian Davies / Rock samphire {Crithmum maritimum} growing from crevice in sea cliff. Devon, UK