Dave Bevan / Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) climbing on corn stalks, UK, July. Captive.

Ingo Arndt / Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) nest in Senckenberg Natural Hystory Collection Dresden, Germany.

Nick Upton / Bloody-nosed beetles (Timarcha tenebricosa) mating on a grass stem in a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, April.

David Pike / Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) on stalk, West Country Wildlife Photography Centre, captive, June.

Steve Knell / Bearded tit (Panurus biarmicus) male in summer plumage. Hungary, May

Jan Hamrsky / Black fly pupae (Simuliidae) attached to the stem of aquatic plant, Europe, August, controlled conditions

Bert Willaert / Green-backed Firecrown (Sephanoides sephanoides) nesting next to a hiking trail in Mocha Island National Reserve, Mocha Island, Chile, December

Paul Harcourt Davies / Newly emerged adult Two-tailed Pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius) Podere Montecucco. Orvieto, Umbria, Italy August

Paul Harcourt Davies,Paul Harcourt Davies / Emergence of Two-tailed Pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius) Podere Montecucco. Orvieto, Umbria, Italy August. Sequence 6 of 9

Paul Harcourt Davies / Emergence of Two-tailed Pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius) Podere Montecucco. Orvieto, Umbria, Italy August. Sequence 1 of 9

Benjamin Barthelemy,Benjamin Barthelemy / Male Azure damselfly (Coenagrion puella) resting on a stem, Vallee de la Seille (Seille Valley), Lorraine, France, June

Benjamin Barthelemy,Benjamin Barthelemy / European praying mantis (Mantis religiosa) on plant, Alsace, France, September.