Premaphotos / Green tree / Weaver ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) workers co-operating to hold two leaves together with their jaws; another ant inside uses a larva to produce silk to join the edges of the leaves togeth...

Mark Moffett / Social False Scorpion (Atemnidae) group attacking a fly

PREMAPHOTOS / Assassin bug (Sphodrolestes sp.} mimicing a polistine social wasp, in Amazonian rainforest, Brazil

PREMAPHOTOS / Peanut / Peanuthead bug {Fulgora laternaria} on the trunk of its host tree with wings open in defensive 'startle display', Tropical dry forest, Costa Rica

PREMAPHOTOS / Sweat bees {Trigona fulviventris} milking adult and nymph Net-winged twighopper bugs (Aetalion reticulatum) for honeydew, rainforest, Peru

PREMAPHOTOS / Lantern-fly bug (Cathedra serrata) displaying defensive eye-spots when disturbed, on a tree in rainforest, Brazil

Neil Bromhall / Honey bees {Apis mellifera} worker bee emerging in hive, UK

Neil Bromhall / Honey bees {Apis mellifera} tending queen cells in hive, UK

Nick Upton / Harvester ants {Messor sp} carrying Barley seedheads along path, Colliseum, Rome, Italy

Phil Savoie / Leafcutter ants {Atta cephalotes} carrying cut leaves with guard ant riding on leaf, Costa Rica.

John B Free / Drone Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) being evicted by workers from hive, UK

Nature Production / Dead Leaf Mimic Mantis {Deroplatys truncata} defense display, Asia

Nature Production / Stick insect {Tagesoidea nigrofasciata} defense display with its wing sheaths open, Asia

PREMAPHOTOS / Leaf-cutting ants (Atta sexdens) returning to their nest with cut off portions of leaf for their fungus garden, in rainforest, Brazil

PREMAPHOTOS / Yellow meadow ant (Lasius flavus), workers and pupae in their nest under a stone, UK

PREMAPHOTOS / Army ant (Eciton burchelli) workers co-operating to carry a large centipede prey back to their bivouac, in rainforest, Trinidad

Nature Production / Dead Leaf Butterfly {Kallima inachus eucerca} flapping its wing, sequence 2/2, Okinawa, Japan

Nature Production / Dead Leaf Butterfly {Kallima inachus eucerca} flapping its wing, sequence 1/2, Okinawa, Japan

Nature Production / Rose Leaf-cutter bee {Megachile nipponica nipponica} flying to nest carrying a piece of leaf, Japan

Nature Production / Mountain Katydid {Acripeza reticulata} defensive posture, Australia

Nick Gordon / {Camponotus sp} ant tending to Planthoppers feeding off sap of {Mollia sp} tree, ants feed on the planthoppers' excretion and protect their tree from predators, Amazonia, Brazil

Nick Gordon / {Camponotus sp} ants opening fruit of {Codonanthe sp} to get at seeds, plant grown in ant garden, Amazonia, Brazil

John B Free / Honey bee workers feeding larvae (Apis mellifera) UK

Chris Packham / Two Glow worms displaying at dusk (Lampyris noctiluca) captive

Paul Hobson / Wood Ants (Formica rufa) carrying egg, Peak District, uk

John Downer / Swarm of communal bees on building (Apoidea) Jodpur, Rajasthan, India

PREMAPHOTOS / Peanuthead bugs (Fulgora laternaria) one camouflaged, the other with wings open in defensive 'startle display', on host tree in tropical dry forest, Costa Rica

Kerstin Hinze / European Paper Wasps ( Polistes gallicus) at nest caring for larvae, Austria

PREMAPHOTOS / Elegant grasshopper (Zonocerus elegans) pair, male guarding female as she oviposits into the ground, warning colouration, savanna habitat, South Africa

Kim Taylor / Stripe-winged grasshopper {Stenobothrus lineatus} male stridulating

Kim Taylor / Tropical luminous Click beetle {Pyrophorus sp} showing bioluminescence, Trinidad, West Indies.

Nick Upton / Matabele ants {Pachycondyla analis} collecting dead termites during raid, South Africa

Nick Upton / Matabele ants {Pachycondyla analis} collecting dead termites during raid, South Africa

Martin Gabriel / Honey bees in hive with queen bee {Apis mellifera} Leyte island, Philippines

John B Free / Honey bees around Queen cell containing larvae (Apis mellifera) UK

Niall Benvie / Close up of Wood ants massed on ant hill (Formica rufa), Abernethy, Scotland

John B Free / Queen Honey bee surrounded by worker bees (Apis mellifera) UK

John B Free / Queen and "court" of worker Honey bees (Apis mellifera) UK

Anup Shah / Impala {Aepyceros melampus} with Oxpecker on neck, Serengeti NP, Tanzania

John B Free / Worker Honey bees (Apis mellifera) on comb feeding larvae in nest, UK

John Cancalosi / Honey bees {Apis mellifera} queen with her workers in nest, USA

Dietmar Nill / Red tailed bumble bees on nest (Bombus lapidarius) Germany

Andy Sands / Two Stag beetle {Lucanus cervus} males fighting. Captive. UK.

Nick Upton / Territorial encounter of rival Honey ants standing tall {Myrmecocystus mimicus} NM, USA

Nick Upton / Territorial encounter of rival Honey / Honeypot ants standing tall {Myrmecocystus mimicus} New Mexico, USA

Kim Taylor / Honey bee {Apis mellifera} young worker being fed by mature worker

Kim Taylor / Honey bee {Apis mellifera} new worker emerging from pupal cell

Kim Taylor / Honey bee {Apis mellifera} workers constructing a new comb

Kim Taylor / Honey bee {Apis mellifera} new worker emerging from pupal cell

Kim Taylor / Honey bee {Apis mellifera} new worker emerging from pupal cell

Kim Taylor / Honey bee {Apis mellifera} queen laying eggs.

Kim Taylor / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) workers mutual feeding within hive, Surrey, UK.

Kim Taylor / Honey Bee workers (Apis mellifera) mutual feeding on honey comb. UK, captive

Kim Taylor / Honey Bee workers (Apis mellifera) mutual feeding on honey comb. UK, captive

Kim Taylor / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) workers mutual feeding within hive. Surrey, UK

Kim Taylor / Honey Bees facing upwards to protect comb from rain. {Apis mellifera} Surrey, UK

Kim Taylor / Honey Bee workers (Apis mellifera) on comb as new worker emerges from cell, UK

Kim Taylor / Honey bee {Apis mellifera} worker with yellow pollen sack executing 'waggledance' to indicate food source.

JIM CLARE / Wild Honey bee nest {Apis mellifera} Tangkoko NP, Sulawesi. Indonesia

PREMAPHOTOS / Honey bee {Apis mellifera} Africanized or 'killer bee' swarm, Brazil

John B Free / Honey bee - capped brood of pupae with pupae exposed, England

Kim Taylor / Forest termites {Isoptera} mound broken open to show workers. East Africa.

Kim Taylor / Forest termites {Isoptera} mound broken open to show workers. East Africa.

Kim Taylor / Termite {Mastotermes darwiniensis} soldiers and workers repair damaged tunnel.

Fabio Liverani / Leafcutter ants {Atta sp} carrying leaves, Rincon de la Vieja NP, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Fabio Liverani / Leafcutter ants {Atta sp} carry leaves with minima ants riding on them, Costa Rica

Fabio Liverani / Leafcutter ants {Atta sp} carrying leaves, Rincon de la Vieja NP. Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Eric Baccega / Korowai children playing with a spider, Western Papuasia, Indonesia. 1999 / 2000. (West Papua).

Phil Savoie / Leafcutter ants transporting leaf pieces {Atta cephalotes} La Selva, Costa Rica.

Doug Wechsler / Eastern yellowjacket nest {Vespula maculifrons} adults tending larvae, Pennsylvania, USA

Doug Wechsler / Eastern yellowjacket nest {Vespula maculifrons} with egg, larva, pupa and adult, USA.

Doug Wechsler / Eastern yellowjacket nest {Vespula maculifrons} with adult tending pupae, Pennsylvania, USA.

Doug Wechsler / Eastern yellowjacket nest {Vespula maculifrons} with egg, larva, pupa + adult, USA.

Doug Wechsler / Eastern yellowjacket nest {Vespula maculifrons} with eggs in cells, Pennsylvania, USA.

Doug Wechsler / Eastern yellowjacket nest {Vespula maculifrons} with larvae, Pennsylvania, USA.

Doug Wechsler / Eastern yellowjacket nest {Vespula maculifrons} with larvae, Pennsylvania, USA.

Doug Wechsler / Eastern yellowjacket nest {Vespula maculifrons} adults tending larvae, Pennsylvania, USA.

Doug Wechsler / Eastern yellowjacket nest {Vespula maculifrons} adults tending larvae, Pennsylvania, USA.

Doug Wechsler / Eastern yellowjacket nest {Vespula maculifrons} with adults and larvae, Pennsylvania, USA

Kim Taylor / Army of Safari / Legionary worker and soldier ants on the move, E Africa.

Kim Taylor / Wood ant carrying another {Formica rufa} note curled body of carried ant. UK.

Kim Taylor / Nest of Saxony wasp exposed to show workers tending larvae + eggs. UK.

Kim Taylor / Green tree ants {Oecophylla smaragdina} rolling leaf to create nest, N Australia.

Kim Taylor / Slave-making ant {Formica sanguinea} carrying 'slave' Negro ant {F fusca}, UK.

Kim Taylor / Nest of Saxony wasp exposed to show workers tending larvae + eggs. UK.

Kim Taylor / Green tree ants {Oecophylla smaragdina} rolling leaf to create nest, N Australia.

Kim Taylor / Green tree ants {Oecophylla smaragdina} rolling leaf to create nest, N Australia.

Kim Taylor / Nest of Saxony wasp {Dolichovespula saxonica} exposed to show workers tending

Kim Taylor / Median / French wasp {Dolichovespula media} nest with workers ready to attack, Europe

Kim Taylor / Saxony wasp queens at nest entrance waiting to be fed by returning workers, UK.

Kim Taylor / Tree wasp nest {Vespula sylvestris} showing workers mutual feeding, UK.

Kim Taylor / Safari Ant (Dorylus sp) column of workers and soldiers. Kenya

Jane Burton / Wood Ants (Formica rufa) congregate on top of nest mound in early spring. UK.

Kim Taylor / Harvester termites {Hodotermes sp} collect dead grass for underground nest,

Kim Taylor / Sweat-bees (Trigona sp) guard the entrances to their nest, Sierra Leone, Africa.