Patricio Robles Gil / Matador in final stages of bullfight leaps over bull to pierce bull between horns with blade, Plaza de Toros, Mexico City, Mexico Sequence

Stephen Dalton / Garden spider {Araneus diadematus} constructing its orb web, UK, Sequence 5/5 , The final web is complete. Note that although all the final sticky spirals are visible, most of the radials are invisibl...

Constantinos Petrinos / Ribbon eel in male blue phase {Rhinomuraena quaesita} Sulawesi, Indonesia - species is hermaphrodite changing sex from male to female; juveniles are black, male is blue underneath , and final female p...

Doug Gimesy / Senior Forest and Wildlife Officer Abby makes final arrangements to drive to Heaslville Sanctuary from East Sale RAAF Base, with a young rescued burn victim Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named '...

Nick Upton / Tortoise bug (Eurygaster testudinaria) final instar nymph on a Knapweed flower bud, Green Lane Wood, Wiltshire, UK, July.

Robert Thompson / Four spotted chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata) final instar larva / nymph, Montiaghs Moss NNR, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, May.

Robert Thompson / Oleander hawkmoth (Daphnis nerii) caterpillar, final instar, Crete. August.

Robert Thompson / Oleander hawkmoth (Daphnis nerii) caterpillar, final instar, Crete. August.

Robert Thompson / Sphingid moth (Dolbina tancrei) caterpillar at final instar, Japan. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Common swallowtail larva (Papilio machaon) final instar on larval foodplant Fennel (Ferula communis). The larval body has shortened and it is attached to the stem just before forming the chrysalis.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Two divers undertaking their final checks on dive boat, Lamlash Bay, Isle of Arran, South Arran Marine Protected Area, Scotland, UK, August 2016.

Jen Guyton / Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) stops to look while white-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) and Rüppell's vultures (Gyps rueppelli) pick at the final remains of an elephant carcass (Loxodonta africana)...