Alex Hyde / Close-up of Owl Butterfly (Caligo memnon) head showing compound eyes and proboscis. Captive, originating from Central America.

MYN / Gil Wizen / Shield bug (Ventocoris falcatus) Central Coastal Plain, Israel Meetyourneighbours.net project

Morley Read / Scarlet knight butterfly (Temenis pulchra) feeding on a mineral deposit, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Scarlet knight butterfly (Temenis pulchra) feeding on a mineral deposit, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Nigel Cattlin / Cabbage stem weevil (Ceutorhynchus sp) on Sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima) leaf. Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Heather Angel / Common bee fly (Bombylius major) hovering whilst nectaring on Honesty (Lunaria annua), proboscis covered with pollen. Nature reserve, Surrey, England, UK. March.

Nigel Cattlin / Boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) on damaged unopened Cotton (Gossypium sp) boll.

Heather Angel / Hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) nectaring on Loofah (Luffa sp) flower. Xinjiang, China.

Heather Angel / Common bee fly (Bombylius major) nectaring on Goat willow (Salix caprea) catkin. Surrey, England, UK. March.

Heather Angel / Silver Y moth (Autographa gamma) nectaring on Evening primrose (Oenothera glazioviana) with proboscis extended. At night in garden. Surrey, England, UK. August.

Ernie Janes / Hummingbird hawk moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) in flight feeding verbena, England, UK, July.

Alex Mustard / Yellow wentletrap snail (Epitonium sp.) feeding on Cup coral (Tubastraea sp.). Snail laying clutch of eggs. Nusa Kode, Rinca Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia. South East Asia. Horseshoe Bay, Sa...