I think this is a band-winged dragonlet (Erythrodiplax umbrata), perched on the tip of one of our obedience plants in the front garden yesterday evening.
A Scarlet Lily Beetle looking a bit uncertain at the massive camera that's being pointed at it. The plant it was hanging onto had had all of its leaves munched away back to the stem, although I doubt that this beetle is the sole culprit...
There seem to be lots of ladybirds around here at the moment. As this one was posing next to a raindrop I felt it only right to share a little portrait...
Of course, I can't usually see them unless I'm up close already, or someone points them out to me, but once I know where to look I can see the colour OK.