Yumiko Wakisaka / Andrew's Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon bowdoini)

Solvin Zankl / Oak processionary moths (Thaumetopoea processionea) caterpillars feeding on oak tree leaf, Niedersechsische Elbtalaue Biosphere Reserve, Elbe Valley, Lower Saxony, Germany

Bernard Castelein / Nine-spotted moths (Syntomis phegea) on Nettle (Urtica dioica) Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium, June.

Bernard Castelein / Nine-spotted moths (Syntomis phegea) on Nettle (Urtica dioica) Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium, June.

Konrad Wothe / Moths (Erebidae) mating, Huanuco province, Amazon basin, Peru.

MYN / Gil Wizen / Crimson-speckled flunkey (Utetheisa pulchella), Netanya, Central Coastal Plain, Israel, June. Focus-stacked. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Edwin Brosens / Cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) caterpillars, The Netherlands, meetyourneighbours.net project

Bernard Castelein / Cinnabar moths (Tyria jacobaeae) mating, Groot Schietveld, Wuustwezel, Belgium, May.

Bernard Castelein / Nine-spotted moths (Syntomis phegea) mating, Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium, June.

Bernard Castelein / Nine-spotted moths (Syntomis phegea) mating, Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium, June.

Alex Hyde / A selection of moths attracted to a Robinson moth trap, using a mercury vapour bulb. Clockwise from top left: Tree-lichen Beauty (Cryphia algae), Small Phoenix (Ecliptopera silaceata), Copper Underwin...

Jussi Murtosaari / Xestia moths (Xestia lyngei) copulating, Lapland, Finland, July.

Jussi Murtosaari / Labrador Tiger Moths (Grammia quenseli) mating, Lapland, Finland, July.