David

A common nettle bug (Liocoris tripustulatus) looking round while on the tip of a butterfly bush leaf.

The second set of mushrooms I saw this summer, also a bolete. This time I was able to get a closer look – they were on a dentists’ lawn.

Some boletes are gourmet favourites. The penny bun will currently be on sale in continental markets under names such as ceps or Steinpilz. These are lurid boletes. Technically edible (not actually poisonous) but unpalatable (very unpleasant flavour).

Athous haemorrhoidalis, a click beetle. This one spent some time resting on hazal leaf, warming itself in the sun.

The antennae were waving about like they were being blown by a strong, gusty wind.

Zebra jumping spider orunning up some outdoor woodwork. Pictures taken on a mobile phone in low light.

Young frog which has got into the habit of resting on the rim of a bird bath in warm weather, It hasn’t been seen actually in the water.

Flowers of a garden poppy, the petals looking very papery.

Seed case from the same plant, already beginning to ripen.