John Abbott / Polistes sp. (Paper Wasp) in flight, captured using high speed flashes Travis County, Texas, USA. Controlled conditions. March

John Abbott / Paper wasp (Polistes exclamans) Bastrop County, Texas, USA. May

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Insect, possibly a Parasitoid wasp (Braconidae) female with extremely long ovipositor, backlit on leaf. Canamina forest. Cantanhez National Park, Guinea-Bissau.

Fred Bavendam / Spiny Leaf Fish (Ablabys macracanthus) on ocean floor, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea

Mark Moffett / Fig Wasp on ripening Fig (Ficus brotryocarpa) must push her way between the scales circumscribing the minute hole at one end of the fig, Papua New Guinea

Christian Ziegler / Skipper (Hesperiidae) caterpillar covered with empty pupal cases of parasitoid wasp, Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea

Doug Wechsler / Guinea paper wasp (Polistes exclamans) feeding larvae at nest on wall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. August.