Nigel Cattlin / Immature caterpillar of a codling moth (Cydia pomonell) eating its way through a gallery in a ripening apple fruit, Berkshire, July

Kim Taylor / Timelapse of a cluster of Large white butterfly (Pieris brasssicae) eggs hatching over the course of a day, caterpillars begin to feed. Controlled conditions.

Richard Du Toit / Cape White-eye (Zosterops capensis) on Cape Honeysuckle (Tecomaria capensis), Garden Route National Park, South Africa

Phil Savoie / Garden bumblebee (Bombus hortorum) flying to Purple toadflax (Linaria purpurea) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, July.

Dave Bevan / Large white (Pieris brassicae) caterpillars eating Broccoli (Brassica oleracea) leaves, with Small white (Pieris rapae) caterpillars, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK. September.

Chris Mattison / Small White / Cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae) on Lavender, Sheffield, UK July (Focus-stacked image)

Alex Hyde / Leaf-cutter ants (Atta cephalotes) carrying pieces of leaf that they have harvested back to their underground fungus garden in their nest, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photographed in mobile field studi...

Alex Hyde / Leaf-cutter ants (Atta cephalotes) carrying pieces of leaf that they have harvested back to their underground fungus garden in their nest, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photographed in mobile field studi...

Alex Mustard / Spaghetti garden eels (Gorgasia maculata) stretching up out of their burrows on a rubble slope, with Mysiid shrimp swimming around their bodies near the seabed. Dumaguete, Dauin, Negros, Philippines....

Simon Colmer / Green-veined White butterfly egg (Pieris napi) above, Orange-tip butterfly egg (Anthocharis cardamines) below, on Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) Sussex, UK. June.

Jussi Murtosaari / Green-veined white butterfly (Pieris napi) in flight, Jyvaskyla, Keski-Finland / Central Finland, Finland, September.

Robin Chittenden / Boy looking at Green-veined White butterfly (Pieris napi) on his hand, Dorset, UK, May 2013, Model released.

Eric Medard / Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in garden, taken at night with infra red remote camera trap, Mayenne, Pays de Loire, France.

Benjamin Barthelemy / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae), Vallee de l'Eure (Eure Valley), Eure-et-Loir, France, August

Ernie Janes / Garden tools silhouetted in potting shed window. September, UK.

Petra Wegner / Siberian forest cat kitten walking, 7 weeks, white coat

LYNN M. STONE / American Cocker spaniel, USA

LYNN M. STONE / Pair of English Springer Spaniels, one black and white, one liver and white, amongst autumn leaves with pumpkins in cart, Illinois, USA

LYNN M. STONE / Persian kitten (baby doll type) in strawberry basket, Illinois, USA

Ernie Janes / West highland terrier amongst cultivated garden flowers

Petra Wegner / Four British Shorthair kittens, two silver-shaded and two golden-mackerel-tabby, sitting on stand

Petra Wegner / British Longhair Cat, kitten on scratching post, choco-tabby-white / Highlander, Lowlander, Britanica

Petra Wegner / Guinea Pig (Cavia porcellus) black and white short coated, in wooden feeding rack, on garden lawn, being fed carrot. Model rleased

Andrew Walmsley / Silver eye / Grey backed white eye (Zosterops lateralis) in flowering Pohutukawa tree (Metrosideros excelsa) Botanic Gardens, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand, December

Wild Wonders of Europe / Geslin / White tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) collecting nectar from Dandelion flower (Taraxacum officinale) in the Vatican garden, Rome, Italy, March 2010

Wild Wonders of Europe / Geslin / White tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) collecting nectar from Dandelion flower (Taraxacum officinale) in the Vatican garden, Rome, Italy, March 2010

Guy Edwardes / Garden tiger moth (Arctia caja) on leaf, Uplyme, Devon, England, July

Kim Taylor / Pigeon-garden fantail / Rock Dove {Columba livia} flying. Captive. UK.

MICHAEL PITTS / White spotted garden eels {Gorgasia maculata} Spice Is, Indonesia

Bernard Castelein / Cabbage white (Pieris brassicae) covered in dew droplets, on Knotweed (Polygonaceae) flower. Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium. September.

Bernard Castelein / Small white (Pieris rapae) butterfly resting on grass stem. Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium. August.

Bernard Castelein / Small white (Pieris rapae) butterfly resting on grass stem. Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium. August.

Nigel Cattlin / White pasqueflower (Pulsatilla vulgaris 'Alba') cross section, close up of stamens and stigma, cultivated in garden. Berkshire, England, UK. April.

Nigel Cattlin / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) first or second instar caterpillars and empty egg case on Cabbage (Brassicaceae) leaf. Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Nigel Cattlin / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) first or second instar caterpillars and empty egg case on Cabbage (Brassicaceae) leaf. Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Nigel Cattlin / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) caterpillars and frass on damaged Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus) leaf. Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Nigel Cattlin / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) early instar caterpillars and frass on Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus) leaf. Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Nigel Cattlin / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) eggs on underside of Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus) leaf. Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Nigel Cattlin / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) eggs on underside of Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus) leaf. Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Nigel Cattlin / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) eggs on underside of Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus) leaf. Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Nigel Cattlin / Antirrhinum rust (Puccinia antirrhini) with pustules on underside of Snapdragon (Antirrhinum sp) leaf. Cultivated in garden, Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Nigel Cattlin / Single small white (Pieris rapae) caterpillar on Broccoli (Brassica oleracea) leaf. Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Nigel Cattlin / Large cabbage white (Pieris brassicae) caterpillars feeding on Broccoli (Brassica oleracea) leaf. Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Nigel Cattlin / Large cabbage white (Pieris brassicae) caterpillars on Broccoli (Brassica oleracea) leaf. Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Nigel Cattlin / Cushion scale insect (Pulvinaria floccifera) laying eggs on underside of cultivated Rhododendron (Rhododendron sp) leaf. In garden, Berkshire, England, UK. June.

Loic Poidevin / Large White butterfly (Pieris brassicae) feeding on Verbena (Verbena bonariensis) flower, Vendée, France. August.

Phil Savoie / Garden bumblebee (Bombus hortorum) worker flying to Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, June.

Phil Savoie / Garden bumblebee (Bombus hortorum), on Purple toadflax (Linaria purpurea), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. June.

Phil Savoie / Garden bumblebee (Bombus hortorum) female flying to Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. March

Nigel Cattlin / Flat backed millepede (Polydesmus angustus) damage to young Sugar beet (Beta vulgaris). Damaged tap root in comparison to normal undamaged tap root. England, UK.

Nigel Cattlin / White dead-nettle (Lamium album) seedling with two cotyledons and two true leaves. A garden and arable agricultural weed.

Ernie Janes / Sweet cicely (Myrrhis odorata) in flower in herb garden, cultivated plant.

Nigel Cattlin / Sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) seedling with root damage caused by Garden symphylan (Scutigerella immaculata), a soil pest. England, UK.

Nigel Cattlin / Large white / Cabbage white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) caterpillars, first instar, newly hatched from eggs. On Cabbage (Brassica oleracea) leaf.

David Woodfall / White asbestos dumped in a garden contravening local authority guidelines about safe removal.

David Woodfall / White asbestos dumped in a garden contravening local authority guidelines about safe removal.

David Woodfall / White asbestos dumped in a garden contravening local authority guidelines about safe removal.

David Woodfall / White asbestos dumped in a garden contravening local authority guidelines about safe removal.

David Woodfall / White asbestos dumped in a garden contravening local authority guidelines about safe removal.

David Woodfall / White asbestos dumped in a garden contravening local authority guidelines about safe removal.

Heather Angel / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) with full pollen baskets feeding on Balkan anemone (Anemone blanda). In garden. Surrey, England, UK. April.

Heather Angel / Gold band lily (Lilium auratum) flower. Yellow nectar guides lead pollinators to nectaries. Pollinators are swallowtail butterflies and hawkmoths. Cultivated in garden, Surrey, England, UK. Native to...

Heather Angel / White dead nettle (Lamium album) with stamens protected from rain by overhanging upper lip. Pollinated by bumblebees. Naturalised in garden, Surrey, England, UK. May.

Heather Angel / Masterwort (Astrantia sp) with pink bracts and tiny florets. Cultivated in garden, Surrey, England, UK. Controlled conditions.

Heather Angel / Bird of paradise / Crane flower (Strelitzia reginae). Cultivated in garden. Native to South Africa.

Heather Angel / New Holland honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae) nectaring on Grevillea (Grevillea sp) in garden. Western Australia. September.

Heather Angel / Garden bumblebee (Bombus hortorum) on Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), spatter marks guiding bee to nectar. In garden, Surrey, England, UK. July.

Heather Angel / Narcissus fly (Merodon equestris) male nectaring on Rock rose (Cistus x hybridus) in garden, Surrey, England, UK.

Heather Angel / Garden bumblebee (Bombus hortorum) queen nectaring on Comfrey (Symphytum 'Hidcote Pink') flowers. In garden, Surrey, England, UK. March.

Heather Angel / Honey bees (Apis mellifera) and White-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) waiting to enter Balkan peony (Paeonia peregrina) bud for fresh pollen before flower fully opens. In garden, Surrey, England,...

Nigel Cattlin / Mullein moth (Cucullia verbasci) caterpillar feeding on large yellow ornamental garden Mullein, (Verbascum sp.) Berkshire, June

Nigel Cattlin / Mullein moth (Cucullia verbasci) caterpillar feeding on large yellow ornamental garden Mullein (Verbascum sp.) Berkshire, June

Edwin Giesbers / Turban buttercup (Ranunculus asiaticus) flowering. Cyprus. April.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Egyptian Vultures (Neophron percnopterus). Adult (white) and juvenile (dark). Rajasthan, India, October 2018.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Bumblebee, (Bombus hortorum), in flight about to alight on honeysuckle flower, Scotland, UK, July.

Ross Hoddinott / Green-veined white butterfly (Pieris napi) resting on yellow rattle (Rhinanthus minor) flower, Volehouse Moor Nature Reserve, Devon, England, UK. July.

Ross Hoddinott / Marbled White butterfly (Melanargia galathea) resting on bird's-foot-trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), Dunsdon Nature Reserve, Devon, UK. July.

Ernie Janes / Allium 'Silverspring' in garden.

Ernie Janes / Sweet woodruff (Galium odoratum) in herb garden, England, UK, May.

Ernie Janes / Strawberry 'Flamenco' flowers in spring. Cultivated plant.

Ernie Janes / New Zealand rock lily or maikaika (Arthropodium cirratum) cultivated plant.

Ernie Janes / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) feeding on lavender flowers in garden setting. England, UK. July.

Ernie Janes / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) feeding on lavender flowers in garden setting.

Ernie Janes / Laburnham X watereri 'Vossii' and white garden seat, Houghton, Norfolk, England, UK. May.

Ernie Janes / Giant dogwood (Cornus controversa) in flower, cultivated plant native to far east Asia.

Ernie Janes / Climbing roses flowering over gate in country garden, Norfolk, England, UK. June.

David Woodfall / Close up of a Green-veined white butterfly (Pieris napi) in a garden, Chepstow, UK. July.

Loic Poidevin / White garden snail (Theba pisana) on wood, Vendee, France, August.

Loic Poidevin / White garden snail (Theba pisana) on plant, dunes of Vendee, France, August.

Loic Poidevin / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) on flowers, Vendee, France, October.

Nick Upton / Pied wagtail (Motacilla alba) fluffed up to keep warm as it rests on deep snow under a hedge out of the wind in a garden, Wiltshire, UK, January.

Andy Sands / Green Veined White Butterfly (Pieris napi) Roosting on Bluebell flower, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, April

Andy Sands / Green Veined White Butterfly (Pieris napi) Roosting on Bluebell flower, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, April

Ernie Janes / Garden bumblebee (Bombus hortorum) taking off from Knapweed, England, UK, August.

Ernie Janes / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) feeding on sunflowers, England, UK, August. Digital Composite.