Jack Dykinga / Rain spattered inter-locking palm leaves create a design of pattern and colour in the tropical rainforest. Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stags sparring during rutting season, February.
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Mark Moffett / Herdsman Ant (Dolichoderus cuspida) temporary nest consisting of 10,000 exposed and interlinked bodies Hidden within are the queen, young and thousands of Mealybugs, Malaysia
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Mark Moffett / Herdsman Ant (Dolichoderus cuspidatus) group interlinked and exposed outside of nest, inside queen and Aphids are protected inside, Malaysia
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Andy Sands / Slime mould (Physarum sp.) group of sporangia fused together, Hertfordshire, England, UK. October. Focus stacked.
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Andy Sands / Slime mould (Metatrichia floriformis), in reproductive phase. Close-up of two fused fruiting bodies (sporangia), each bearing thousands of spores. Buckinghamshire, UK.