Duncan Murrell / New Zealand giraffe weevil (Lasiorhynchus barbicornis), Lake Waikaremoana, North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand giraffe weevil is endemic to New Zealand and is its longest beetle in the world.

Ernie Janes / Black howler (Alouatta caraya) male and female, captive, occurs in Brazil and Paraguay. With digitally added leaf pattern.

Marie Read / Blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata) holding an acorn in its bill whilst perched on tree stump, with autumn foliage, New York, USA, October.

Guy Edwardes / Trees and hedgerows with new foliage, view from Eggardon Hill, Bridport, Dorset, England, UK. May 2013.

Jeff Foott / Creek in autumn, Duck Brook, Acadia National Park, Maine

Staffan Widstrand / Praying mantis nymph silhouetted through leaf,. Raja Ampat, Western Papua, Indonesian New Guinea

Erlend Haarberg / Herb-paris (Paris quadrifolia), Norway, June.

Krista Schlyer / Hooded pitcher plant (Sarracenia minor) Green Swamp, North Carolina, USA. June.

Suzi Eszterhas / Black-handed spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi), Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.

David Tipling / Fern growing among Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) Foxley Wood, Norfolk, UK, April.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Plant (Xanthostemon auriantalun) Parc Provincial de la Rivire Bleue / Blue River Provincial Park, New Caledonia. Endemic.

Alex Hyde / Ash tree leaves (Fraxinus excelsior) photographed in mobile field studio against a white background. Derbyshire, UK. September.