Nigel Cattlin / Immature caterpillar of a codling moth (Cydia pomonell) eating its way through a gallery in a ripening apple fruit, Berkshire, July

Kim Taylor / Timelapse of a cluster of Large white butterfly (Pieris brasssicae) eggs hatching over the course of a day, caterpillars begin to feed. Controlled conditions.

Richard Du Toit / Cape White-eye (Zosterops capensis) on Cape Honeysuckle (Tecomaria capensis), Garden Route National Park, South Africa

Phil Savoie / Garden bumblebee (Bombus hortorum) flying to Purple toadflax (Linaria purpurea) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, July.

Dave Bevan / Large white (Pieris brassicae) caterpillars eating Broccoli (Brassica oleracea) leaves, with Small white (Pieris rapae) caterpillars, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK. September.

Chris Mattison / Small White / Cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae) on Lavender, Sheffield, UK July (Focus-stacked image)

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 Mustard / Spaghetti garden eels (Gorgasia maculata) stretching up out of their burrows on a rubble slope, with Mysiid shrimp swimming around their bodies near the seabed. Dumaguete, Dauin, Negros, Philippines....

Simon Colmer / Green-veined White butterfly egg (Pieris napi) above, Orange-tip butterfly egg (Anthocharis cardamines) below, on Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) Sussex, UK. June.

Jussi Murtosaari / Green-veined white butterfly (Pieris napi) in flight, Jyvaskyla, Keski-Finland / Central Finland, Finland, September.

Robin Chittenden / Boy looking at Green-veined White butterfly (Pieris napi) on his hand, Dorset, UK, May 2013, Model released.