This brightly-coloured beetle is often found feeding on flowers on warm days in late spring and summer.

This grass-green seaweed is sometimes known as Grass Kelp and grows on pretty much every shore in the UK.

The common octopus is a highly intelligent, active predator. It even has a secret weapon - special glands produce a venom that it uses to incapacitate its prey!

Selfheal is a low-growing, creeping plant that likes the short turf of grasslands, roadside verges or even lawns. Its clusters of violet flowers appear in summer.