Ross Hoddinott / Common blue butterflies (Polyommatus icarus) soft focus resting on grass, Vealand Farm Devon Wildlife Trust Reserve, Devon, England, UK. September.

John Abbott / Armyworm moth (Mythimna unipuncta) composite image Bastrop County, Texas, USA. Controlled conditions. March

John Abbott / Painted lichen moth (Hypoprepia fucosa) on autumn leaf, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA September

John Abbott / Implicit arches moth (Lacinipolia implicata) on white background, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA October

Nick Garbutt / Hercules moth (Coscinocera hercules) recently emerged in montane rinforest. Ambua Lodge, Tari, Hela Province, Papua New Guinea. June

Ernie Janes / Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon) in garden, Norfolk, England, UK, June.

Laurent Geslin / Tortoisehell butterfly (Aglais urticae) with Ponts Couverts in distance, Strasbourg, France. June 2014.

Nick Upton / Six spot Burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae) taking off after nectaring on Birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) in a perennial wildflower meadow planted around university Halls of Residence by Bristo...

Juergen Freund / Cairns birdwing butterfly (Ornithoptera euphorion) on red tropical flowers, Queensland, Australia.

Nick Hawkins / Luna moths (Actias luna) New Brunswick, Canada, June.

Nick Hawkins / Luna moths (Actias luna) New Brunswick, Canada, June.

Alex Hyde / Clearwing moth (Cosmosoma teuthras) photographed on a white background in mobile field studio, Cordillera de Talamanca mountain range, Caribbean Slopes, Costa Rica