Jeff Foott / Mountain Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) larva under tree bark, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming

Silvia Reiche / Cabbage Butterfly (Pieris brassicae) caterpillar on cabbage, Netherlands

James Christensen / Prominent Moth (Nystalea aequipars) caterpillar mimicking lizard in defensive posture, Septimo Paraiso Cloud Forest Reserve, Mindo, Ecuador

Bernard Castelein / Southern hawker (Aeshna cyanea) with its larval exoseleton, Brasschaat, Belgium, July.

Bernard Castelein / Southern hawker (Aeshna cyanea) with its larval exoseleton, Brasschaat, Belgium, July.

Chien Lee / Sphinx Moth (Elibia dolichus) caterpillar, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Sphinx Moth (Cechenena helops) caterpillar showing false eyespots, Sama Jaya Nature Reserve, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Hawk Moth (Sphingidae) caterpillar, Indonesia

Chien Lee / Hawk Moth (Sphingidae) caterpillar, Indonesia

Chien Lee / Tent Caterpillar Moth (Lebeda sp) caterpillar with urticating hairs, Indonesia

Konrad Wothe / Army Ant (Eciton burchellii) workers carrying larvae, Panguana Nature Reserve, Peru

Konrad Wothe / Army Ant (Eciton burchellii) group carrying larvae, Panguana Nature Reserve, Peru

Konrad Wothe / Army Ant (Eciton burchellii) soldier protecting workers carrying larvae, Panguana Nature Reserve, Peru

Konrad Wothe / Moth (Erebidae) caterpillar in rainforest, Panguana Nature Reserve, Peru

Konrad Wothe / Hawk Moth (Sphingidae) caterpillar in rainforest, Panguana Nature Reserve, Peru

Konrad Wothe / Hawk Moth (Sphingidae) caterpillar in rainforest, Panguana Nature Reserve, Peru

Konrad Wothe / Tiger Moth (Arctiidae) caterpillar in rainforest, Panguana Nature Reserve, Peru

Konrad Wothe / Saturniid Moth (Saturniidae) caterpillar in rainforest, Panguana Nature Reserve, Peru

Konrad Wothe / Hawk Moth (Sphingidae) caterpillar in rainforest, Panguana Nature Reserve, Peru

Konrad Wothe / Forester Moth (Cyclosia sp) caterpillars in rainforest, Pucallpa, Peru

MYN / Andrew Snyder / Larval Marbled salamander (Ambystoma opacum) Oxford, Mississippi, USA, March. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Andy Sands / Green veined white butterfly (Pieris napi) on Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) by the hedge larval foodplant, UK. April. Captive.

Silvia Reiche / Oldworld Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) butterfly, Netherlands, sequence 8 of 8

Silvia Reiche / Oldworld Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) butterfly emerging from chrysalis, Netherlands, sequence 7 of 8

Silvia Reiche / Oldworld Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) butterfly emerging from chrysalis, Netherlands, sequence 6 of 8

Silvia Reiche / Oldworld Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) butterfly emerging from chrysalis, Netherlands, sequence 5 of 8

Silvia Reiche / Oldworld Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) butterfly emerging from chrysalis, Netherlands, sequence 4 of 8

Silvia Reiche / Oldworld Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) butterfly emerging from chrysalis, Netherlands, sequence 3 of 8

Silvia Reiche / Oldworld Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) butterfly emerging from chrysalis, Netherlands, sequence 2 of 8

Silvia Reiche / Oldworld Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) chrysalis, Netherlands, sequence 1 of 8

Piotr Naskrecki / Human Botfly (Dermatobia hominis) third instar larva, Belize

Piotr Naskrecki / Human Botfly (Dermatobia hominis) pupa, Belize

Piotr Naskrecki / Human Botfly (Dermatobia hominis) pupa, Belize

Piotr Naskrecki / Human Botfly (Dermatobia hominis) first instar larva, Belize

Thomas Marent / Microhylid Frog (Microhylidae) froglet with tadpole tail, Tanzania

Tui De Roy / Blue-crowned Trogon (Trogon curucui) male with caterpillar prey, Rio Silanche Bird Sanctuary, Mindo Cloud Forest, Andes, Ecuador

James Christensen / Owl Butterfly (Caligo sp) heavily parasitized caterpillar, Mindo, Ecuador

Wolfgang Brandmeier / Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) male swallowing larva, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Alex Hyde / Empty larval exoskeleton from recently emerged Southern Hawker dragonfly (Aeshna cyanea) Derbyshire, UK. June.

Alex Hyde / Recently emerged Southern Hawker dragonfly (Aeshna cyanea) next to empty larval exoskeleton. Derbyshire, UK. June.

Debapratim Saha / Long-tailed Broadbill (Psarisomus dalhousiae) with caterpillar prey, Darjeeling, India

Sean Crane / Golden Palm Tree Frog (Dendropsophus ebraccatus) tadpole on a leaf, Pavones, Costa Rica

Sean Crane / Four O'clock Moth (Dysphania fenestrata) caterpillar on a leaf, Queensland, Australia

Chien Lee / Cup Moth (Limacodidae) covered in stinging bristles, Danum Valley Field Centre, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Potter Wasp (Eumenes sp) carrying a caterpillar to its hive, Kasai, Batang Ai National Park, Malaysia

Pete Oxford / Moth caterpillar mimics bird dropping, Mindo Cloud Forest, Andes, Ecuador

Ingo Arndt / Desert Locust (Schistocerca gregaria) life stages from larva through stages L1 to L5, Africa

Ingo Arndt / Desert Locust (Schistocerca gregaria) life stages from larva through stages L1 to L5, Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Tineid Moth (Paraclystis integer) caterpillar, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / East African Termite (Schedorhinotermes lamanianus) soldiers and Tineid Moth (Paraclystis integer) caterpillars on colony structure, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / Matabele Ant (Pachycondyla analis) worker carrying pupa, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / Matabele Ant (Pachycondyla analis) group carrying pupa, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / Matabele Ant (Pachycondyla analis) colony gathering pupa, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / Matabele Ant (Pachycondyla analis) group carrying pupa, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / Tineid Moth (Paraclystis integer) caterpillar, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Vincent Grafhorst / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) running with prey grub, Botswana

James Christensen / Ello Sphinx Moth (Erinnyis ello) caterpillar, Sierra Llorona Lodge, Santa Rita Arriba, Panama

Terry Whittaker / Heath fritillary butterfly (Melitaea athalia) on Common cow-wheat (Melampyrum pratense) a larval food plant, Blean Woods, Kent, UK, July.

Rob Drummond / Orange Chat (Epthianura aurifrons) male with caterpillar prey, Australia

Rob Drummond / Orange Chat (Epthianura aurifrons) male with caterpillar prey, Australia

Oliver Richter / Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla) feeding on larva, Germany

Albert Lleal / Leafy Spurge Hawk Moth (Hyles euphorbiae) caterpillar, Costa Brava, Girona, Catalonia, Spain

Jussi Murtosaari / Micro moth (Tinagma dryadis) in habitat, on larval foodplant Mountain Avens (Dryas octopetala) Aland Islands, Finland, July.

Glenn Bartley / Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) carrying caterpillar prey, Ontario, Canada

Andres M. Dominguez / Wood Lark (Lullula arborea) carrying caterpillar food, Cadiz, Spain

Karl Seddon / White-fronted Chat (Epthianura albifrons) male carrying caterpillar food, Australia

Richard Steel / Dartford Warbler (Sylvia undata) carrying caterpillar prey, Wales, United Kingdom

Andres M. Dominguez / Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) carrying caterpillar, Cadiz, Spain

Folkert Christoffers / House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) carrying caterpillars, Lower Saxony, Germany

Glenn Bartley / Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera) carrying a caterpillar, Ontario, Canada

Chris Romeiks / Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos), Mecklenburg Vorpommern, Germany

Michael Quinton / Diving Beetle (Dytiscidae) larva with caddis fly larva prey, Alaska

Michael Quinton / Diving Beetle (Dytiscidae) larva, Alaska

Michael Quinton / Diving Beetle (Dytiscidae) larva with mosquito larva prey, Alaska

Kevin Schafer / Moth larva, Western Australia, Australia

Mark Moffett / Ant (Temnothorax sp) worker from an unenslaved colony biting a much larger Slave-maker Ant (Protomognathus americanus) worker, if the slavemaker ant survives this attack and is able to get back to its...

Mark Moffett / Ant (Temnothorax sp) tending the pupa from a colony of Slave-maker Ants (Protomognathus americanus) inside a hollowed-out acorn, Ohio

Mark Moffett / Slave-maker Ant (Protomognathus americanus) colony living in a hollowed-out acorn with orange-colored slave Ants (Temnothorax sp) tending the brood, Ohio

Thomas Marent / Colorado Potato Beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) adult and larva, Switzerland

Thomas Marent / Lobster Moth (Stauropus fagi) caterpillar, Switzerland

Thomas Marent / Lobster Moth (Stauropus fagi) caterpillar, Switzerland

Thomas Marent / Ground Lackey Moth (Malacosoma castrense) caterpillar, Switzerland

Thomas Marent / Alder Moth (Apatele alni) caterpillar, Switzerland

Thomas Marent / Privet Hawk Moth (Sphinx ligustri) caterpillar, Switzerland

Thomas Marent / Alder Moth (Apatele alni) caterpillar mimics a bird dropping, Switzerland

Thomas Marent / Berger's Clouded Yellow (Colias alfacariensis) adult butterfly newly emerged from chrysalis, Switzerland

Thomas Marent / Berger's Clouded Yellow (Colias alfacariensis) chrysalis, Switzerland, sequence 3 of 3

Thomas Marent / Berger's Clouded Yellow (Colias alfacariensis) chrysalis, Switzerland, sequence 2 of 3

Thomas Marent / Berger's Clouded Yellow (Colias alfacariensis) caterpillar transforming into chrysalis, Switzerland, sequence 1 of 3

Thomas Marent / Berger's Clouded Yellow (Colias alfacariensis) caterpillar, Switzerland

Thomas Marent / Spotted Fritillary (Melitaea didyma) caterpillar, Switzerland

Thomas Marent / Common Frog (Rana temporaria) spawn, Switzerland

Thomas Marent / Chinese Moon Moth (Actias dubernardi) caterpillar mimicking pine needles, China

Thomas Marent / Puss Moth (Cerura vinula) caterpillar, Switzerland

Thomas Marent / Oldworld Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) butterfly, newly emerged adult, Switzerland, sequence 8 of 8

Thomas Marent / Oldworld Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) butterfly, newly emerged adult drying wings, Switzerland, sequence 7 of 8