Morley Read / Lantern fly (Fulgora laternaria) walking along a branch in the rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Lucas Bustamante / Treehopper (Alchisme onorei) with eggs Papallacta, Napo, Ecuador

Nigel Cattlin / Blue colour variation of Green paddy leafhopper, (Nephottetix virescens) a biotype of this pest species

Ingo Arndt / Pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) giving birth (viviparous during the summer month), Germany. Winner of Fritz Polking portfolio prize, GDT 2012 competition.

Adrian Davies / Cicada turret, or chimney, formed by underground larva. Sabah, Borneo.

MYN / JP Lawrence / Flag-footed bug (Anisocelis flavolineata) Gamboa, Panama Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / JP Lawrence / 13-Year Periodical cicada (Magicicada tredecim) Oxford, Mississippi, USA. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Cyril Ruoso / Assassin bug (Reduviidae) nymph, Way Kambas National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia.

Konrad Wothe / Lantern bugs (Fulgora laternaria) on tree trunk, Panguana Reserve, Peru.

MYN / Gil Wizen / Shield bug (Ventocoris falcatus) Central Coastal Plain, Israel Meetyourneighbours.net project

Pete Oxford / Big-legged Bug or Squash Bug (Coreidae) on Heliconia Flower. Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador. South America

Ammonite / Black garden ant (Lasius niger) carrying off a dead aphid and milking others for honeydew, Bristol, England, UK, July.