Clay Bolt / Blue-banded bee (Amegilla sp) males sleeping on stem. Halmahera, North Maluku, Indonesia.

Sven Zacek / Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) with Willow (Salix sp) branch for winter stockpile. Near Suur Emajogi River, Tartumaa, Southern Estonia. January.

Paul Hobson / Rivoli's hummingbird (Eugenes fulgens) nectaring on Fuchsia (Fuchsia sp) flower. Costa Rica.

Paul Hobson / Green-crowned brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula), three feeding on Lobster-claw (Heliconia sp) flower in rain. Costa Rica.

Lucas Bustamante / Tropical shield mantis (Choeradodis sp.) (Possibly C. rhombicollis) Canande, Esmeraldas, Ecuador.

Lorraine Bennery / Geometrid moth caterpillar (Geometridae sp.) moving along a twig in classic pose, Corbieres, France, May.

Stephen Dalton / Horse fly (Tabanus sp) male taking off from poppy seed-head (Papaver rhoeas) Sussex, UK

Bence Mate / Leaf cutter ant (Atta sp) carrying pink flower segment, Santa Rita, Costa Rica.

Marie Read / Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula) male singing in spring, perched on Pear blossom (Pyrus sp.) flowers, New York, USA May.

Denis-Huot / Treefrog (Dendropsopus sp) swimming, Manuel Antonio National park, Costa Rica

Edwin Giesbers / Fire ant (Solenopsis sp) worker, with green plant material behind

Bernard Castelein / Plume moth (Pterophoridae sp). Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. July.