John Abbott / Polistes sp. (Paper Wasp) in flight, captured using high speed flashes Travis County, Texas, USA. Controlled conditions. March

Alex Hyde / Wasps (Apoica pallens) resting at their nest during the daytime, unusually for social wasps this species is nocturnal, Corcovado National Park, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Alex Hyde / Wasps (Apoica pallens) resting at their nest during the daytime, unusually for social wasps this species is nocturnal, Corcovado National Park, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Pete Oxford / Wasp (Apoica pallens) colony covering hive, Turtle Mountain, Iwokrama Rainforest Reserve, Guyana

PREMAPHOTOS / Nocturnal social wasps rest during day at nest in rainforest {Apoica pallens} Brazil

Premaphotos / Social wasp (Apoica pallens) nocturnal species, resting on nest during day, Campo cerrado, Brazil

Morley Read / Nocturnal paper wasp (Apoica pallens) colony at nest. Orellana Province, Ecuador.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Fossil of a Trilobite (Olenellus / Olenellus gilberti Meek) from the Lower Cambrian period, Chisolm shale, Pioche formation, Half Moon mine, Pioche, Nevada, USA. Pete Lawrance collection

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Fossil of the fish (Diplomystus dentatus) from the Eocene period, Green River Formation, Kemmerer, Wyoming, USA. 55 million years old. Composite panorama high resolution image.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Fossil of Trilobite (Andegavia cf. simplex) from the Devonian period, Eifelian, Hamar Laghdad, Morocco. Pete Lawrance collection

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Fossil of the amphibian (Discosauriscus austriacus) Makowsky 1876 from the Lower Permian Period, Boskovice Furrow, Bacov, Czech Republic. Pete Lawrance collection

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Close up of fossil of the schizochroal eye of the Trilobite (Plesiomavinella pujrarii) (Wolfart 1968) from the Devonian period, Givetian, Sleasica Formation, Tikani, La Paz, Bolivia. Pete Lawrance col...

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Fossils of Burrowing trilobites (Homalonotus / Trimerus linares) (Salter) from the Middle Devonian period, Patacamaya, Bolivia. The cylindrical body shape plus shovel nose headshield possibly indicate...

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Fossil of a Trilobite (Olenellus / Olenellus gilberti Meek) from the Lower Cambrian period, Chisolm shale, Pioche formation, Half Moon mine, Pioche, Nevada, USA. Pete Lawrance collection

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Fossils of Middle Cambrian Trilobites (Ellipsocephalus hoffi) (Schlotheim 1823) from the Jince formation, Mount Konicek, Czech Republic, individuals are about 15mm in length. Pete Lawrance collection.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Fossil of a trilobite (Paradoxides gracilis Boeck 1827) from the Middle Cambrian period, Jince Formation, P. gracilis zone, Vinice, Jince, Vystrkov, Czech Republic. Pete Lawrance collection.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Fossil of a Trilobite (Clymenella / Eohomalonotus sp) from the Ordovician period, Uppermost Llanvirn Series, Rehamna, Morocco. The expanded axial segments and shovel nose snout indicate a burrowing mo...