Ross Hoddinott / Female chalkhill blue butterfly (Lysandra coridon) with wings closed resting on Devils-bit scabious (Succisa pratensis), Hatch Hill, Somerset, UK. August 2016.

Alastair MacEwen / Time-lapse of toadspawn from a Common toad (Bufo bufo) developing, emerging and feeding on nutrient jelly, Somerset, England, UK, April.

Alastair MacEwen / Close up time-lapse of frogspawn from a Common frog (Rana temporaria) developing, emerging and feeding on nutrient jelly, Somerset, England, UK, April.

Alastair MacEwen / Time-lapse of frogspawn from a Common frog (Rana temporaria) developing, Somerset, England, UK, April.

Jordi Chias / Spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula) just hatched from egg case that is on Seafan (Paramuricea clavata), Ullastres seamount, Costa Brava, Llafranch, Catalunya, Spain

Wild Wonders of Europe / Zankl / Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) emerging from shell, Dalyan delta, Turkey, July.

Juergen Freund / Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) hatchlings running to the sea from nest. Jamursbamedi, West Papua, Irian Jaya, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchling swimming to the sea still in the shallows of the beach. Anano Island, Wakatobi, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

Ernie Janes,Ernie Janes / Newly hatched ducklings with eggs.

Mark MacEwen / Mopane moth (Imbrasia belina) eggs hatching, Tuli Block, Botswana

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Large red damselfly {Pyrrhosoma nymphula} nymph about to hatch, Cornwall, UK. April, Sequence 1/7

Solvin Zankl / Just three hours after they hatch from the water and moult into mature adults, the male Long-tailed / Tisza mayfly (Palingenia longicauda) perish. Adult mayflies have no mouth opening and no guts. The...