Phil Savoie / Grey patched mining bee (Andrena nitida),male feeding rambling rose flower (Rosa sp) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. April

Phil Savoie / Grey-patched Mining Bee (Andrena nitida) feeding on Dandelion (Taraxacum offinicale) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. April

Thomas Marent / Crimson-patched Longwing (Heliconius erato) butterfly, Colombia

Phil Savoie / Grey-patched mining bee (Andrena nitida), feeding on Dandelion (Taraxacum offinicale) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. June

Duncan Murrell / Brown-patched kangaroo lizard / Wiegmann's agama (Otocryptis wiegmanni), Laxapana Waterfall, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka.

Rod Williams / Red or Small postman (Heliconius erato) feeding on milkweed, Central and South America.

Angelo Gandolfi / Red postman butterfly (Heliconius erato) (above) and Tiger longwing (Heliconius hecale) La Paz Waterfall Gardens, Costa Rica.

Nick Hawkins / Small postman butterfly (Heliconius erato) photographed on white background, Costa Rica.

MYN / Clay Bolt / Rusty patched bumblebee (Bombus affinis), female, worker, Wisconsin, USA, September. Critically endangered species. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Clay Bolt / Rusty patched bumblebee (Bombus affinis), female, worker, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Clay Bolt / Rusty patched bumblebee (Bombus affinis), female, worker, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Clay Bolt / Rusty patched bumblebee (Bombus affinis) specimen rear view. Female worker in Great Smoky Mountains National Park's invertebrate collection. A species that has declined 87% in the past 15 years due pr...

Clay Bolt / Rusty patched bumblebee (Bombus affinis), female, worker. Wisconsin, USA. Critically endangered species.

Clay Bolt / Rusty-patched Bumble Bee (Bombus affinis), female, worker, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, September. Critically endangered species.

Clay Bolt / Rusty-patched bumblebee (Bombus affinis) male resting on hydrangea, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, August.

Clay Bolt / Rusty-patched bumblebee (Bombus affinis) worker flies between hydrangea flowers, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. Endangered species.

Clay Bolt / Rusty-patched bumblebee (Bombus affinis) worker flies between hydrangea flowers, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. Endangered species.

Clay Bolt / Rusty-patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis), Madison, Wisconsin, USA, Critically endangered species.

Clay Bolt / Rusty-patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis), Madison, Wisconsin, USA, Critically endangered species.

Clay Bolt / Rusty-patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis) worker, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, August. Critically endangered spceis.

Clay Bolt / Dew-covered Rusty-patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis) male resting on flower, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, Critically endangered.

Clay Bolt / Rusty-patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis) male resting on Joe Pye Weed, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, Critically endangered.

Clay Bolt / Rusty-patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis) male resting on Joe Pye Weed, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, Critically endangered

Robin Chittenden / Sri Lankan kangaroo lzard (Otocryptis wiegmanni) Sri Lanka.

Loic Poidevin / Red postman butterfly (Heliconus erato) on leaf, captive, occurs in the Americas.

Aflo / Stray cat, ginger and white patched tabby, Kanagawa, Japan.

Aflo / Stray cat, ginger and white patched tabby, Chiyoboinari Shrine, Kaizu, Japan.

Aflo / Stray cats, white point cat grooming ginger and white patched tabby, Nagoya, Japan.

Aflo / Stray cats, white point cat grooming ginger and white patched tabby, Nagoya, Japan.

Aflo / Stray cats, white point cat and ginger and white patched tabby sleeping, Nagoya, Japan.

Mary McDonald / Male rosy-patched bush shrike (Rhodophoneus cruentus) in an acacia tree, Samburu Game Reserve, Kenya. October.

Merryn Thomas / Close up of fibreglass repairs on keel of a tender. Instow, North Devon, April 2009.

Steve Gettle / Crimson-patched Longwing (Heliconius erato) butterfly pair, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Rosy-patched Bushshrike (Rhodophoneus cruentus) calling, Kenya

Tui De Roy / Rosy-patched Bushshrike (Rhodophoneus cruentus) female, Kenya

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Black-patched Metalmark butterfly (Lasaia agesilas) sucking liquid from the ground in the Amazon Upland Rainforest of Manu National Park, Cusco Department, Peru.

Gerry Ellis / Crimson-patched Longwing (Heliconius erato) caterpillar trio eating leaf, Costa Rica

ZSSD / Crimson-patched Longwing (Heliconius erato) butterfly on leaf, native to South America

Richard Du Toit / Two Rosy patched bush shrikes singing {Rhodophoneus cruentus} Laikipia, Kenya

Anup Shah / Rosy patched bush shrikes singing {Rhodophoneus cruentus} Samburu NP, Kenya

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Crimson-patched Longwing (Heliconius erato) buttterfly feeding on Lantana flower (Lantana sp) in the rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Crimson-patched Longwing (Heliconius erato) butterfly feeding on Lantana flower (Lantana sp) in the rainforest, Costa Rica

Thomas Marent / Crimson-patched Longwing (Heliconius erato) butterfly, Rio Claro Nature Reserve, Colombia

Thomas Marent / Orange-patched Crescent (Anthanassa drusilla) butterfly, Santa Maria, Colombia

Pete Oxford / Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) horn being patched up after radio transmitter was placed within it, Great Karoo, South Africa

Steve Gettle / Crimson-patched Longwing (Heliconius erato) butterfly, Ecuador

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Red postman butterfly (Heliconius erato) portrait, Urku Center, Peru. Captive.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Red postman butterfly (Heliconius erato) resting, portrait, Urku Center, Peru. Captive.

Edwin Giesbers / Digital composite of Tiger longwing butterfly (Heliconius hecale), Red postman butterfly (Heliconius erato) and Banded Orange Heliconian butterfly (Dryadula phaetusa) on flower. Captive.

Chris Mattison / Grey-patched mining bee (Andrena nitida) female in profile, Catbrook, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK.

Chris Mattison / Grey-patched mining bee (Andrena nitida) female resting on leaf, Catbrook, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK.

Chris Mattison / Grey-patched mining bee (Andrena nitida) female viewed from the front, Catbrook, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK.