Steve Downer / Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) feeding on grass, controlled conditions.

Fiona Rogers / Eastern chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii) infant male 'Google' aged 2 years, portrait. Gombe National Park, Tanzania.

David Kjaer / Duke of Burgundy butterfly (Hamearis lucina), Wiltshire, UK, June.

Stephen Dalton / Harlequin ladybird (Harmonia axiridis) on end of leaf, invasive species. Sussex, England, UK. March.

Alex Hyde / Fen raft spider / Great raft spider (Dolomedes plantarius) adult female. Norfolk Broads, UK, September. Vulnerable species.

Ross Hoddinott / Male banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens), resting on reed, Lower Tamar Lakes, Cornwall, UK. June.

Robert Thompson / Black veined white butterfly (Aporia crataegi) on grass, Gavarnie-Gedre, Pyrenees National Park, France, June.

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

Guy Edwardes / Superb Starling (Lamprotornis superbus) with wing raised as a threat to nearby rival. Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, Africa, February

Stephen Dalton / Common european tree frog (Hyla arborea) leaping, multiflash sequence of two images

Robert Thompson / Emperor dragonfly (Anax imperator) resting, Hampshire, UK, June,

Stephen Dalton / Water dripping from tip of leaf, UK

Stephen Dalton / Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) head portrait, UK

Stephen Dalton / Common / European treefrog {Hyla arborea} jumping sequence, multiflash image, controlled conditions

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Japanese Firefly (Luciola cruciata) on blade of plant leaf, Shiga, Japan

Rod Williams / Snail-eating fly (Trypetoptera punctulatus) Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, UK. May

Rod Williams / Male Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, London., Eltham, London, UK. May

Rod Williams / Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans) Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, London., Eltham, London, UK. May

Rod Williams / Soldier Beetle (Cantharis rustica) Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, London., Eltham, London, UK. May

Rod Williams / Dance Fly (Empis tessellata) Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, UK. June

Nick Upton / Cereal leaf beetle (Oulema melanopus) standing on a blade of grass, Millook Haven, Cornwall, UK, May.

Alex Hyde / Firefly (Lampyrinae) male glowing on grass stem at night. Nordtirol, Austrian Alps, July.

John Abbott / Cherry Bluet (Enallagma concisum) male resting on leaf blade, Conway, Horry County, South Carolina, USA, May.

Tony Evans / Grass blade growing through leaf with cobweb behind.

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Grasshopper (Acrida chinensis) on leaf, Shiga, Japan, sequence 6 of 6

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Grasshopper (Acrida chinensis) on leaf, Shiga, Japan, sequence 5 of 6

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Grasshopper (Acrida chinensis) on leaf, Shiga, Japan, sequence 4 of 6

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Grasshopper (Acrida chinensis) on leaf, Shiga, Japan, sequence 3 of 6

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Grasshopper (Acrida chinensis) on leaf, Shiga, Japan, sequence 2 of 6

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Grasshopper (Acrida chinensis) on leaf, Shiga, Japan, sequence 1 of 6

Mark Moffett / Katydid (Tettigoniidae) camouflaged on leaf blade, Tam Dao National Park, Vietnam

Natalie Clements / Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus) feeding on blades of grass in garden with houses behind, Cardiff, Wales, UK, August.

Natalie Clements / Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus) feeding on grass blade, Cardiff, Wales, UK, August.

Natalie Clements / Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus) feeding on grass blade, Cardiff, Wales, UK, August.

Natalie Clements / Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus) feeding on grass blade in garden with house behind, Cardiff, Wales, UK, August.

Natalie Clements / Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus) resting on grass stem before walking up stem, Cardiff, Wales, UK, August.

Natalie Clements / Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus) cleaning wing case with back foot whilst hiding behind grass stem, Cardiff, Wales, UK, August.

Ross Hoddinott / Male Scorpion fly (Panorpa) basking on grass blade. Cornwall, UK. July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Leaf-footed bug (Centrocoris variegatus) resting on grass blade, Umbria, Italy. June.

Neil Challis / Close up of spiderlings in a nursery made from blade of folder grass, Western Thailand.

Doug Gimesy / Swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor) chewing grass, Wildlife Wonders, Apollo Bay, Victoria, Australia. August 2021. Taken in captivity (open wildlife sanctuary) PR supplied.

Doug Gimesy / Swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor) eating grass, Wildlife Wonders, Apollo Bay, Victoria, Australia. August 2021. Taken in captivity (open wildlife sanctuary)

Bruce Thomson / Fawn footed melomys (Melomys cervinipes) holding blade of grass in paws, foraging at roadside in rainforest, Paluma Range, Queensland, Australia.

Bernard Castelein / Cranefly (Ctenophora ornata) on leaf blade, Brasschaat, Belgium, May.

Shane Gross / Neptune seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) with oxygen bubbles on blades. Seagrass beds absorb and store carbon 35 times more efficiently than rainforests helping the fight against climate change. 1m2 of S...

Shane Gross / Bryozoans (Electra posidoniae and Patinella radiata) on Neptune seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) blade, close up. When including this level of organism seagrass beds rival rainforests in their biodiversi...

Shane Gross / Sea snail (Gastropoda) eggs and Bryozoans (Electra posidoniae) on Neptune seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) blade, close up. Spain. June.

Nick Upton / Cereal leaf beetle (Oulema melanopus) larva feeding on a grass blade, with faecal shield, Wiltshire, England, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Cereal leaf beetle (Oulema melanopus / rufocyanea) larva with faecal shield feeding on a grass blade by scraping off the upper surface, in a woodland ride, Green Lane wood, Wiltshire, UK, July.