Krista Schlyer / Hooded pitcher plant (Sarracenia minor) Green Swamp, North Carolina, USA. June.

Krista Schlyer / Yellow pitcher (Sarracenia flava) plants in bog, growing in fire-maintained landscape, Conecuh National Forest, Alabama, USA. May 2014.

Krista Schlyer / Seven-spotted lady beetle (Coccinella septempunctata) inside the funnel leaf of Pitcher plant, Alabama, USA. May 2014.

Krista Schlyer / Green lynx spider (Peucetia viridans) on Yellow pitcher plant (Sarracenia flava) Green Swamp, North Carolina, USA. September.

Marie Read / Royal terns (Sterna maxima) pair crossing bills during courtship behaviour, Fort DeSoto Park, Florida, USA

Marie Read / Flock of White ibis (Eudocimus albus) in breeding plumage, at rookery on water's edge of the mangrove-covered island, Tampa Bay, Florida, USA, March

Clay Bolt / Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) in undergrowth, Southern Appalachians, South Carolina, USA, North America, June.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Great egret (Ardea alba) perched in a tree, with an American White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) in flight, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA.

George Sanker / Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) with large Bluegill Sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus) prey, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA, March.

George Sanker / Alligator (Alligator mississippienis) at the surface, with clouds reflected on the water, Everglades, Florida, USA, March.

Mark MacEwen / American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) close up of scutes / scales, Florida Everglades, Florida, USA.

Floris van Breugel / Syncronous Fireflies (Photinus carolinus) illuminate the lush forests of Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennesse, USA, July