Buddleia davidii

Second season in our yard for this butterfly bush. It's huge. 

Echinacea purpurea

Gorgeous flower in the front bed. Had seen an emerald green fly/bee/wasp/something, but of course it had moved on by the time I got back out there. 

Assassin bug instar (nymph)

Here's an insect that visited the Scottish Club picnic last week. It's an immature stage of the assassin bug. Note the huge tube-shaped mouthparts. It tells soft-bodied insects: all the better for eating you, my dear.