Ingo Arndt / Two Alpine marmots on look out {Marmota marmota} Hohe Tauern NP, Austria

Ingo Arndt / Two Alpine marmots on look out {Marmota marmota} Hohe Tauern NP, Austria

Solvin Zankl / GEOMAR / Polar shrimp (Lebbeus polaris) on live Lophelia (Lophelia pertusa) from Trondheimfjord, North Atlantic Ocean, Norway. Controlled conditions. Photo taken in cooperation with GEOMAR coldwater coral res...

Roger Powell / European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) courting a female by offering her a Small Copper butterfly (Lycaena phlaeas). Alentejo, Portugal, April.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio machaon britannicus) on hawkbit flower. Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk, June.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio machaon britannicus) on hawkbit flower. Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk, June.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / A Long-legged fly (Neurigona quadrifasciata) rarely recorded in the UK, found during Bioblitz survey at Abbots Pool and woodland reserve, silhouetted against an Ivy leaf (Hedera helix), Bristol, UK, J...

MYN / Seth Patterson / Forbes' silkmoth (Rothschildia forbesi) Sabal Palm Sanctuary, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, October. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Seth Patterson / Texas bow-legged bug (Hyalymenus tarsatus) nymph on Tamaulipan fiddlewood (Citharexylum berlandieri) berries, Sabal Palm Sanctuary, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, September. meetyourneighbours.n...

MYN / Seth Patterson / Dung beetle (Dichotomius colonicus) in flight, Sabal Palm Sanctuary, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

Michael D. Kern / Indian rose / Wandering violin mantis (Gongylus gongylodes) portrait, captive, from S Indian and Sri Lanka

Michael D. Kern / Green bottle blue Tarantula, (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens) captive from Venezuela

Michael D. Kern / Venezuelan Sun Tiger Tarantula / Devil tree spider (Psalmopoeus irminia), captive from Venezuela

Michael D. Kern / Columbian Giant Redleg Tarantula, (Megaphobema robustum) ventral view, captive from South America

Michael D. Kern / Costa Rican Redleg Tarantula (Megaphobema mesomelas), captive from South America

Andy Sands / Clouded yellow butterfly (Colias crocea) On Wild sweet pea flower, Captive, UK, July

Andy Sands / Digger Wasp (Cerceris rybyensis) Female carrying two males attempting to displace one another to mate, West sussex, England, UK, July

Alex Hyde / Death's Head Hawkmoth (Acherontia atropos) against white background. Captive, UK.

Alex Hyde / Oleander Hawkmoth (Daphnis nerii) female, against white background. Captive insect, a rare but fairly regular immigrant to the UK.

Alex Hyde / Peacock Mantis (Pseudempusa pinnapavonis) against white background. Captive, endemic to Africa.

Alex Hyde / Shore Crab (Carcinus maenas) against white background. From the Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK.

Alex Hyde / Various rockpool animals and seaweeds, photographed on a white background. Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, March. Digital composite.

Nick Upton / Common Shore crab (Carcinus maenas) on clump of Toothed wrack (Fucus serratus) exposed on shore at low tide, St. Bees, Cumbria, UK, July.

Daniel Heuclin / Deathstalker / Palestine Yellow Scorpion (Leiurus quinquestriatus) against white background. Tunisia, Africa.

Kim Taylor / Stinging caterpillar, Costa Rica

Kim Taylor / Click beetle (Pyrophorus sp) showing orange bioluminescence, Costa Rica

Kim Taylor / Dobsonfly (Chloronia mexicana) from Costa Rica

Kim Taylor / Red mason bee (Osmia rufa) female in flight carrying mud to nest, Surrey, UK, April

Kim Taylor / Raft spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus) male resting on water surface, Surrey, UK

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Oil Beetle (Meloe proscarabaeus). Powerstock Common, Dorset, England, UK, April.

Michel Poinsignon / Praying mantis (Mantis religiosa) female, clinging between two twigs, Lorraine, France, October.

Michel Poinsignon / Praying mantis (Mantis religiosa) pair on plant facing each other, Lorraine, France, September.

Solvin Zankl / Deepsea planktonic stage of crab development, Trondheimsfjord, North Atlantic Ocean.

Stephen Dalton / Indian Leaf Butterfly (Kalima paralekta) showing near-perfect leaf mimicry. India.

Stephen Dalton / Desert Locust (Schistocerca gregaria) flying, controlled conditions, scan from black and white print

Stephen Dalton / Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) worker bee flying to Cowslip (Primula veris) flowers. UK, April.

Shibai Xiao / Scientist using white sheet and light trap to capture bugs and moth species for research, Guangxi Province, China, November 2008. No release available.

Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / European Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) collecting pollen and nectar from Scentless Mayweed (Tripleurospermum inodorum). Perthshire, Scotland, July.

Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / European Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) collecting pollen and nectar from Scentless Mayweed (Tripleurospermum inodorum). Perthshire, Scotland, July. Did you know? A worker Honeybee will only produce a 12t...

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) on Bramble (Rubus fructicosus) leaves, Gamlingay Wood, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, April, UK

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / RSPB research ecologist Chloe Hardman using sweep net to sample invertebrate populations, RSPB Hope Farm reserve, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, May. Model released. 2020VISION Book Plate.

Roland Seitre / Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) on wet sand, with crayfish. Captive. Healesville Sanctuary, Victoria, July.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Buff-tailed bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) on field poppy (Papaver rhoeas) showing fully laden pollen sacs, RSPB Hope Farm, Cambridgeshire, UK, May

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Northern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) adult male in spring plumage feeding on dung flies at farm midden heap, Hertfordshire, UK, April

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Worker honey bee (Apis mellifera) feeding on nectar of Borage (Borago officinalis) flower in conservation margin at RSPB's Hope Farm, Cambridgeshire, UK. May

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava flavissima) adult male in spring plumage feeding on dung flies at farm midden heap, Hertfordshire, UK, April. Did you know? Yellow wagtails commonly used to nest in wat...

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Northern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) adult male in spring plumage feeding on dung flies at farm midden heap, Hertfordshire, UK, April

Roland Seitre / Silver Jewel Scarab Beetle (Chrysina optima) on red petals. Poas Volcano National Park, Caribbean Coast, Vara Branca, Costa Rica.

David Shale / Male and Female glass shrimps on Glass sponge (Hexactinellida) from coral seamount, SW Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean, December 2011

Erlend Haarberg / Midges (Chironomus islandicus) swarming, Myvatn, Iceland, June

Erlend Haarberg / Midges (Chironomus islandicus) on a 'No Walking' sign, Myvatn, Iceland, May

Rolf Nussbaumer / Solitary bee, adult perched on Mexican hat (Ratibida columnifera) Dinero, Lake Corpus Christi, South Texas, USA.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Red paper wasp (Polistes carolina) adult in flight, Dinero, Lake Corpus Christi, South Texas, USA.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Long-jawed longhorn beetle (Trachyderes mandibularis) close up head portrait, Dinero, Lake Corpus Christi, South Texas, USA.

Konrad Wothe / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) fishing for ants with stick, Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania, East Africa

Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / European Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) with pollen sacs flying towards a Scentless mayweed (Tripleurospermum inodorum) flower in order to feed, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, July. 2020VISION Exhibition. Did...

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Common blue damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum), Tamar Lake, Cornwall, England, UK. June 2011. 2020VISION Exhibition.

Sandesh Kadur / Wild Gaur (Bos gaurus) with birds on skin, feeding on insects, Western Ghats, Southern India

Rob Jordan / 2020VISION / Signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) in a defensive posture after being caught by The Tweed Foundation monitoring the species population and spread on the River Till, Northumberland, England, UK...

Rob Jordan / 2020VISION / Signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) in a defensive posture after being caught by The Tweed Foundation monitoring the species population and spread on the River Till, Northumberland, England, UK...

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus), resting on flowering heather, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK September

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Wood ants (Formica rufa), Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, September. 2020VISION Book Plate. Did you know? Wood ants are ecologically important, protecting trees from parasites and recycling nu...

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Harvestman (Opiliones) on flowering heather, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, July

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Emerald damselfly (Lestes sponsa) in early morning light, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, September

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Male Common darter dragonfly (Sympetrum striolatum) resting on the end of a twig, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, September

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Hoverfly (Syrphus ribesii) feeding on Common ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) flower, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, August

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Pair of mating soldier beetles (Rhagonycha fulva) on Common ragwort (Senecio jacobaea), Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, August. Did you know? In some areas this insect is called the “bloodsuck...

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Dew covered spider's web with pink flowering heather in the background, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, August. Did you know? Spiders silk is one of the strongest materials in nature, equallin...

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Raft spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus) on water, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, July. 2020VISION Book Plate.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Dew covered spider's web with pink flowering heather in the background, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, August . 2020VISION Exhibition. 2020VISION Book Plate.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Green tiger beetle (Cicindela campestris), Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, July

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Four-spotted chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata) dragonfly, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, June

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Wood ant (Formica rufa) Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, July. 2020VISION Book Plate.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Wood ant (Formica rufa) Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, July

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Small copper (Lycaena phlaeas) butterfly resting on Common ragwort (Senecio jacobaea), Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, August

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Southern hawker dragonfly (Aeshna cyanea) in flight, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, August. 2020VISION Book Plate.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Male Common Darter dragonfly (Sympetrum striolatum) in flight, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, August. 2020VISION Book Plate.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Small red damselfly (Ceriagrion tenellum) covered in dew, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, August

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Female Emperor dragonfly (Anax imperator) laying eggs, Cornwall, England, UK, April

Andy Sands / Digger Wasp (Cerceris arenaria) carrying large weevil back to burrow, paralysed as food for larvae. London, England, UK, July.

Andy Sands / Long Water Measurer (Hydrometra stagnorum) drinking by piercing surface tension with mouthparts. Captive, UK, July.

Andy Sands / Robberfly (Machimus cingulatus) head close up showing large compound eyes. Captive, UK, July.

Andy Sands / Digger Wasp (Cerceris arenaria) emerging from burrow where it stores insects, paralysed to feed the wasp's larvae. London, England, UK, July.

Andy Sands / Glow Worm (Lampyris noctiluca) female glowing after dark. Hertfordshire, England, UK, July.

Andy Sands / Glow Worm (Lampyris noctiluca) female glowing after dark. Hertfordshire, England, Uk, July.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Adult male Pied wagtail (Motacilla alba yarrellii), in spring plumage, feeding on dung flies (Scathophagidae), Hertfordshire, England, UK, May. Did you know? Some of the colloquial names of Pied wagta...

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Buff-tailed bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) worker alighting on a Scorpionweed (Phacelia tancetifolia) flower in a conservation margin in order to feed, Hope Farm RSPB reserve, Cambridgeshire, England,...

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) on Black knapweed (Centaurea nigra) flower at RSPB's Hope Farm Reserve, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, July

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Buff-tailed bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) worker feeding on nectar from a Scorpionweed (Phacelia tancetifolia) flower in a conservation margin, Hope Farm RSPB reserve, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, Ma...

Toby Roxburgh / 2020VISION / Fishermen aboard a small fishing boat packing a container full of Spiny spider crabs (Maja Squinado), caught using tangle nets, Cornwall, England, UK, June 2011

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Large blue butterfly (Phengaris arion) resting on Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) flower, Collard Hill, Somerset, England, UK, June 2011

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Large blue butterfly (Maculinea arion) on a Common Centaury (Centaurium erythraea) flower, Collard Hill, Somerset, England, UK, June 2011. Did you know? The large blue's life cycle is dependent on the...

Paul Hobson / Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) melanic form, on turning leaf. Sheffield, October.

Paul Hobson / Birch Sawfly (Cimbex femoratus) feeding on a leaf. August, UK.

Alex Mustard / Pederson cleaner shrimp (Periclimenes pedersoni) cleaning the eye of a Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus), Bloody Bay Wall, Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. British West Indies, Caribbean Sea.

Alex Mustard / Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) scampers across a coral reef amongst sponges, Bloody Bay Wall, Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. British West Indies, Caribbean Sea.

Jan Hamrsky / Diving Beetle (Rhantus suturalis). Czech Republic. Controlled conditions.

Jan Hamrsky / Great Diving Beetle (Dytiscus marginalis) larva feeding on small fish. Czech Republic. Controlled conditions.