Alex Hyde / Leaf-cutter ants (Atta cephalotes) carrying pieces of leaf that they have harvested back to their underground fungus garden in their nest, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photographed in mobile field studi...

Alex Hyde / Leaf-cutter ants (Atta cephalotes) carrying pieces of leaf that they have harvested back to their underground fungus garden in their nest, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photographed in mobile field studi...

Alex Hyde / Silk moth (Automeris zugana) sequence 1 of 2, photographed on a white background in mobile field studio, Cordillera de Talamanca mountain range, Caribbean Slopes, Costa Rica.

Alex Hyde / Silk moth (Automeris zugana) sequence 2 of 2, with wings open to reveal eyespots, a means of deterring predators, photographed on a white background in mobile field studio, Cordillera de Talamanca mou...

Alex Hyde / European House Centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata) found on the ceiling of a limestone cave. Photographed on a white background in mobile field studio. Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia. November.

MYN / Paul van Hoof / Common spadefoot toad (Pelobates fuscus) composite showing metamorphosis from larva to adult, The Netherlands, meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marc Pihet / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) composite showing take off, Maine-et-Loire, France, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Marc Pihet / Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris), Maine-et-Loire, France, November. meetyourneighbours.net project

Alex Hyde / Peacock butterfly (Inachis io) basking with open wings on a white background in mobile field studio. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. August

Alex Hyde / Ash tree leaves (Fraxinus excelsior) photographed in mobile field studio against a white background. Derbyshire, UK. September.

Niall Benvie,Niall Benvie / Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) on barbed wire, against white background (field studio). Scotland, January.

Niall Benvie,Niall Benvie / Great Tit (Parus major) on barbed wire (field studio). Scotland, December.