Nigel Cattlin / Harlequin ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) larvae still with a raft of empty egg cases, June Berkshire, England, UK.

Mark MacEwen / Japanese firefly (Luciola cruciata) light trails at night above stream in rural Japan. June.

Floris van Breugel,Floris van Breugel / Tent at night surrounded by Fireflies (Photinus carolinus) Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, USA, June 2013.

Nigel Cattlin / Mealy cabbage aphid (Brevicoryne brassicae) infestation on Brassica stem. Berkshire, England, UK. June.

Nigel Cattlin / Mealy cabbage aphid (Brevicoryne brassicae) infestation on Brassica stem. Berkshire, England, UK. June.

Nigel Cattlin / Mealy cabbage aphid (Brevicoryne brassicae) infestation on secondary host plant Hedge mustard (Alliaria petiolata). Berkshire, England, UK. June.

Nigel Cattlin / Black bean aphid (Aphis fabae) infestation on Runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus), stem twining up bamboo cane. Berkshire, England, UK. June.

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

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

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

Nigel Cattlin / Black bean aphid (Aphis fabae) infestation on flowering Broad bean (Vicia faba). Berkshire, England, UK. June.

Nigel Cattlin / Black bean aphid (Aphis fabae) infestation on Broad bean (Vicia faba) plant. Berkshire, England, UK. June.

Nigel Cattlin / Edible cockchafers (Scarabaeidae), known as Mang-Gudchi, on market stall. Bangkok, Thailand.

Nick Upton / Meadow plant bug (Leptopterna dolabrata) female laying an egg on a grass blade in a meadow, Wiltshire, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Large knapweed aphid (Uroleucon jaceae) colony feeding on a Greater knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa) stem, Wiltshire, England, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Large knapweed aphid (Uroleucon jaceae) colony feeding on a Greater knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa) stem, Wiltshire, England, UK, June.

Nigel Cattlin / Harlequin / Asian ladybird (Harmonia axyridis), larva Berkshire, England, UK.

Nigel Cattlin / Harlequin / Asian ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) larva with black spindle-thistle aphid prey (Aphis fabae cirsiiacanthoidis) Berkshire, June

Ernie Janes / Common cockchafer beetle (Melolontha melolontha), England, UK. June.

Rod Williams / Welsh chafer beetle ( Hoplia philanthus) rare species, Warwick Gardens, Peckham, London, England, UK. June.

Nick Upton / Common pond skater / Water strider (Gerris lacustris) nymph standing on a water lily leaf in a garden pond, Wiltshire, UK, June.

Andy Sands / Bishop's mitre shieldbug (Aelia acuminata) on grass seedhead, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, June

Kerstin Hinze / Cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha) digging, Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany, May.

Karine Aigner / Studio portrait of a Green stink bug (Acrosternum hilare) pests of nut and fruit trees, cotton, soybean and other crops. Mexican free-tailed bats feed on a few species of stink bugs.Texas, USA, June.

Rod Williams / Nettle groundbugs (Heterogaster urticae) mating pair, Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, UK. June.

Rod Williams / Nettle groundbug (Heterogaster urticae) Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, UK. June.

Rod Williams / 10-spot ladybird (Adalia decempunctata) pale colour variation Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, UK. June.

Rod Williams / 2-spot ladybird (Adalia bipunctata) Warwick Gardens, Peckham, London, London, England, UK. June.

Kim Taylor / Cockchafer beetle (Melolontha melolontha) larva. Surrey, England, UK. Controlled conditions

Kim Taylor / Cockchafer beetle (Melolontha melolontha) larva. Surrey, England, UK, July. Controlled conditions

Doug Wechsler / Brown lacewing (Hemerobiidae) larva feeding on Oleander Aphid (Aphis nerii) Philadelphia, USA, June.

Doug Wechsler / Two-striped planthopper (Acanalonia bivittata) nymph, Four Mills Nature Reserve, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA, June.

Doug Wechsler / Two-striped planthopper (Acanalonia bivittata) nymph, Four Mills Nature Reserve, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA, June.

Doug Wechsler / Plant bug (Hyaliodes harti) on white oak, Fort Washington State Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, June.

Doug Wechsler / Pale green assassin bugs (Zelus luridus) hatching from egg mass, Fort Washington State Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, June.

Doug Wechsler / Oak lacebug eggs (Corythuca arucata) on white oak leaf, Fort Washington State Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, June.

Doug Wechsler / Oak lacebug eggs (Corythuca arucata) laying eggs on white oak leaf, Fort Washington State Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, June.

Doug Wechsler / Multicolored Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis) mating, Wissahickon Valley Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, June. Invasive species.

Jean E. Roche / Creeping water bugs (Naucoridae) Camargue, France, June.

Chris Mattison / Common Cockchafer, or Maybug (Melolontha melolontha) on white background Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, April. Focus-stacked image.

Rod Williams / Red-legged shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes) Brockley, Lewisham, London, England, UK, June.

Rod Williams / Mirid bug (Closterotomus trivialis) on sage Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, UK June

Rod Williams / Rhopalid bugs (Rhopalus subrufus) mating pair, Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, UK June,

Nick Upton / Meadow plant bug (Leptopterna dolabrata) on grass blade, Cornwall, UK, June.

Alex Hyde / Flower chafers (Hoplia argentea) feeding on pollen of an umbellifer. Nordtirol, Austrian Alps, July.

Nick Upton / Cochineal insect (Dactylopius coccus), dense colony of scale insects from which the red dye cochineal is extracted, on Prickly pear cactus / Barbary fig (Opuntia ficus-indica) leaf, Gran Canaria, Cana...

Kim Taylor / Sloe shield bug (Dolycoris baccarum) on Comfrey (Symphytum officinale). Surrey, England, UK, June. Digitally enhanced.

Kim Taylor / European tortoise bug (Eurygaster testudinaria). Surrey, England, UK, June.

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Forest cockchafer beetle (Melolontha hippocastani), Pfalz, Wörth am Rhein, Pfalz, Germany. May. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Forest cockchafer beetle (Melolontha hippocastani), Pfalz, Wörth am Rhein, Pfalz, Germany. May. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Forest cockchafer beetle (Melolontha hippocastani), Wörth am Rhein, Pfalz, Germany. May. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Forest cockchafer beetle (Melolontha hippocastani), Wörth am Rhein, Pfalz, Germany. May. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Forest cockchafer beetle (Melolontha hippocastani), Wörth am Rhein, Pfalz, Germany. May. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Rod Williams / Mirid bug (Stenodema laevigatum) Warwick Gardens, Peckham, London, UK June

Rod Williams / Seven spot ladybirds (Coccinella septempunctata) male female mating pair, Warwick Gardens, Peckham, London, UK June

Doug Wechsler / Leaf-footed bug (Leptoglossus sp) hatched from egg, Fort Washington State Park, Pennysylvania, USA June

Lorraine Bennery / Metallic blue colored beetle (Hoplia coerulea), Loire river, France, July.

Lorraine Bennery / Metallic blue colored beetle (Hoplia coerulea), Loire river, France, July.

Lorraine Bennery / Green leafhopper (Cicadella viridis) moulting, Alpes-Maritimes, France, June.

Lorraine Bennery / Green leafhopper (Cicadella viridis) moulting, Alpes-Maritimes, France, June.

Lorraine Bennery / Green leafhopper (Cicadella viridis) moulting, Alpes-Maritimes, France, June. Sequence 1 of 4

Lorraine Bennery / Green leafhopper (Cicadella viridis) moulting, Alpes-Maritimes, France, June. Sequence 2 of 4

Lorraine Bennery / Green leafhopper (Cicadella viridis) moulting, Alpes-Maritimes, France, June. Sequence 3 of 4

Lorraine Bennery / Green leafhopper (Cicadella viridis) moulting, Alpes-Maritimes, France, June. Sequence 4 of 4

Lorraine Bennery / Crab spider (Heriaeus hirtus) eating Leaf hopper (Cicadella sp.), Prealpes d'Azur Regional Natural Park, France, June.

Lorraine Bennery / New Forest cicada (Cicadetta montana) laying eggs on Dog-rose (Rosa cania), Vaucluse, France, June.

Lorraine Bennery / Aphid (Aphis) feeding on plant stem, Vaucluse, France, June.

Will Watson / Common Backswimmer (Notonecta glauca) predating a lesser water boatman (Hespercorixa salbergi), captive, Moccas Park, National Nature Reserve, Herefordshire, England, UK, June.

John Abbott / Eastern firefly (Photinus pyralis) flying, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA Controlled conditions. June

John Abbott / Hieroglyphic cicada (Neocicada hieroglyphica) flying, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA Controlled conditions. June

John Abbott / Green june beetle (Cotinis nitida) in flight Williamson County, Texas, USA Controlled conditions. October

Kerstin Hinze / Light trails of Firefly (Lamprohiza splendidula), males flying at night in woodland, Lower Saxony, Germany, June.

Kerstin Hinze / Light trails of Firefly (Lamprohiza splendidula) males flying at night in woodland, Lower Saxony, Germany, June.

Alan Williams / Woundwort shieldbug (Eysarcoris venustissimus) resting on leaf at edge of woodland Cheshire, UK, June.

Rod Williams / 22-spot Ladybird (Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata)) Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, UK. June

Rod Williams / Meadow plant bug (Leptopterna dolabrata) Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, UK. June.

Andy Sands / Shield Bug Hunting Wasp (Astata boops) portrait showing long legs adapted for carrying paralysed shield bug nymphs, Surrey, England, UK. June

Andy Sands / Shield bug hunting wasp (Astata boops) digger wasp dragging paralysed shield bug nymph to burrow, Surrey, England, UK. June

Andy Sands / Shield bug hunting wasp (Astata boops) digger wasp pulling paralysed shield bug nymph into burrow, Surrey, England, UK. June

Andy Sands / Shield bug hunting wasp (Astata boops)with paralysed shield bug nymph, Surrey, England, UK. June

MYN / Marc Pihet / Glow worm (Lampyris noctiluca) female, Maine-et-Loire, France, June, meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marc Pihet / Common cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha), Maine-et-Loire, France, April, meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marc Pihet / Common cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha), Maine-et-Loire, France, April, meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marc Pihet / Common cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha), Maine-et-Loire, France, April, meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marc Pihet / Common backswimmer (Notonecta glauca) in water, Maine-et-Loire, France, June, meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marc Pihet / Common backswimmer (Notonecta glauca) in water, Maine-et-Loire, France, June, meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marc Pihet / Common backswimmer (Notonecta glauca) in water, Maine-et-Loire, France, June, meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marc Pihet / Common backswimmer (Notonecta glauca) in water, Maine-et-Loire, France, June, meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marc Pihet / Glow worm (Lampyris noctiluca) female, Maine-et-Loire, France, June, meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marc Pihet / Common cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha) on oak leaves, Maine-et-Loire, France, April, meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marc Pihet / Common cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha) on oak leaves, Maine-et-Loire, France, April, meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marc Pihet / Common cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha) on oak leaves, Maine-et-Loire, France, April, meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marc Pihet / Common cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha) compsite, Maine-et-Loire, France, April, meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marc Pihet / Common cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha), Maine-et-Loire, France, April, meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marc Pihet / Common cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha), Maine-et-Loire, France, April, meetyourneighbours.net project