Jouan & Rius / Praying mantis defensive display, Similajau NP, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Chris Shields / Illustration of Red ant (Myrmica rubra), Formicidae. attacking ant on stem.

Alex Hyde / Spiny flower mantis (Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii) in threat display with wings extended showing eye spots on wing cases. Captive, originating from Africa.

Alex Hyde / Social Wasp colony {Hymenoptera} photographed against white background. Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.

Rod Williams / Peacock praying mantis (Pseudempusa pinnapavonis) female with colourful wings open in defensive display. Captive, found in Thailand. May

Rod Williams / Peacock praying mantis (Pseudempusa pinnapavonis) female in defensive display with colourful wings. Captive, found in Thailand.

Stephen Dalton / Honey bees (Apis mellifera) filling honey storage cells in hive, UK

Solvin Zankl / Female Long-tailed / Tisza mayfly (Palingani a longicauda) rise up in the air soon after mating, where they form huge swarms and are out of range from males still searching for mates close to the wate...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniewski / Wasps on nest, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine, July 2009

Mark Bowler / Swarm of Phantom midges / Lake flies (Chaoborus edulis) over Lake Victoria, Entebbe, Uganda, July 2006

Kim Taylor / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) queen surrounded by workers as she lays an egg in a cell at the edge of the comb, UK

Kim Taylor / Green tree ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) workers protecting nest inside folded leaf, North Australia