Jack Dykinga / Birdcage evening primrose (Oenothera deltoides) and desert golds (Geraea canescens) carpet the sandy washes beneath the Calumet Mountains at dawn. Mojave Trail National Monument, Mojave Desert, Califo...

Jack Dykinga / Birdcage evening primrose (Oenothera deltoides) and desert golds (Geraea canescens) carpet the sandy washes beneath the Calumet Mountains, under the Milky Way. Mojave Trail National Monument, Mojave D...

Brian Bevan / Pantaloon bee (Dasypoda hurtles) entering burrow with pollen, Bedfordshire, England, UK, August.

Dave Bevan / Female Pantaloon bee (Dasypoda hirpites) returning to burrow, Bedfordshire, England, UK, July.

Piotr Naskrecki / Sun Spider (Zeria sericea), Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / Hairy Big-eyed Bat (Chiroderma villosum) flying, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Mexican Red Rump Tarantula (Brachypelma vagans), Belize

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Hairy Water Lily (Nymphaea pubescens) flower, Diyasaru Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Ingo Arndt / Mexican beauty spider {Brachypelma boehmi} Mexico

Ingo Arndt / Canopy jumping spider {Phidippus otiosus} Florida, USA

Jack Dykinga / Desert landscape with flowering Sand verbena (Abronia), Desert gold (Geraea canescens), and Birdcage evening primrose (Oenothera deltoides), with the Santa Rosa Mountains in background. Anza-Borrego...

Jack Dykinga / Desert landscape at sunset, with flowering Sand verbena (Abronia), Desert gold (Geraea canescens), and Birdcage evening primrose (Oenothera deltoides), with the Santa Rosa Mountains in background. An...