Bugloss flowers, Newbridge

Alkanet flowers, Newbridge

These bugloss-type plants has been flowering for some time, and still had its flowers with their delicate shades of blue at the end of August.

The plants were growing among the other vegetation by the towpath of the Staffs & Worcs canal: this one was at Newbridge.

Spider on a nettle leaf

Spider on a nettle leaf

The spider may have been a wolf spider, which stalk their prey instead of trapping them in webs. It was probably after the small insect.

Hoverfly on golden rod flowers

Hoverfly on golden rod flowers

Some golden rod flowering in a front garden was proving a magnet for a lot of insects in search of pollen or nectar, including this hoverfly.