Ingo Arndt / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) adult hatching out of brood cell, Germany.

Ingo Arndt / Close-uo of antennae of male Giant peacock moth (Saturnia pyri) Austria

Lorraine Bennery / Knapweed fritillary butterflies (Melitaea phoebe) on Green winged orchid (Anacamptis morio), Grands Causses Regional Natural Park, France, May.

Jussi Murtosaari / Musk beetle (Aromia moschata) taking off, South Karelia, Finland, August.

Solvin Zankl / Great capricorn beetle (Cerambyx cerdo) on Oak tree (Quercus sp) Niedersachsische Elbtalaue Biosphere Reserve, Lower Saxonian Elbe Valley, Germany, July.

Solvin Zankl / Springtail (Dicyrtomina ornata) on oak tree leaf. Niedersechsische Elbtalaue Biosphere Reserve, Elbe Valley, Lower Saxony, Germany, December.

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) biologist, Paul Houghtaling, using telemetry to track mother and cubs near houses, Santa Cruz Puma Project, Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay, California

Cyril Ruoso / Assassin bug (Reduviidae) nymph, Way Kambas National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia.

Pascal Pittorino / Ground beetle (Carabus hispanus) resting on a leaf of Hydrangea (Hydrangea sp), Lozere, Cevennes, Languedoc Roussillon, France, July.

MYN / Paul van Hoof / Great green bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) female, The Netherlands, July. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Konrad Wothe / Giant land snail (Megalobulimus sp), Panguana Reserve, Huanuco province, Amazon basin, Peru.

Alex Hyde / Peacock butterfly (Inachis io) feeding on Goat Willow catkins (Salix caprea), an important food source for pollinators in early spring. Peak District National Park, UK. April.