Phil Savoie / Painted nomad bee (Nomada fucata) male bee with characteristic green eyes, sleeping with jaws locked around grass stem, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. June

Oliver Wright / Four-spotted chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata) resting on stem, covered in early morning dew. Skipwith Common National Nature Reserve, North Yorkshire, England, UK. May. Focus stacked image.

Clay Bolt / Blue-banded bee (Amegilla sp) males sleeping on stem. Halmahera, North Maluku, Indonesia.

Nigel Cattlin / Gardeners delight, Cherry tomato seedling just germinated with cotyledons above the soil

Nigel Cattlin / Gardeners delight, Cherry tomato seedling just germinated with cotyledons above the soil

Nigel Cattlin / Gardeners delight, Cherry tomato seedling just germinated with cotyledons above the soil

Nigel Cattlin / Symptoms of Neck blast (Magnaporthe grisea) on Rice (Oryza sativa) plants in ear, Luzon, Philippines

Nigel Cattlin / Rice leaf folder moth (Cnaphalocrocis medinalis) caterpillar of pest species in folded Rice (Oryza sativa) leaf , Luzon, Philippines

Edwin Giesbers / Lemon-yellow tree frog (Hyla savignyi) climbing up grass stem. Cyprus. April.

Dave Bevan / Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) climbing up and chewing on a thistle (Cirsium) stem, UK, July. Captive.

Remi Masson / Water lilies (Nymphaea alba) lit by the sun's rays, seen under water. Alps, Ain, France. June. Highly commended in the the Underwater World category, GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 201...

Guy Edwardes / Scarletina bolete (Boletus luridiformis) toadstool, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. September.