Michel Roggo / Watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum) with some stems supporting clusters of Zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) Lake Neuchatel, Switzerland. Highly commended in the Plants category of the Wildlife Pho...

Nigel Cattlin / Rice blast (Magnaporthe grisea) disease infected nodes on Rice (Oryza sativa) plant stems, Luzon, Philippines

Theo Bosboom / Large group of Common blue damselflies (Enallagma cyathigerum) including mating couples - on stems of grass, Hondenven, Tubbergen, The Netherlands. June.

Theo Bosboom / Common blue damselflies (Enallagma cyathigerum) group reflected in water, flying and perching on reeds - they sit on stems and fly around the water, looking for prey and females to mate. The stems ar...

Ross Hoddinott / Harvest mice (Micromys minutus) on grass stems, Devon, UK. July 2016. Captive.

Ingo Arndt / Caddisfly (Limnephilus sp.) case built of sticks, wood fragments, seeds, snail shells and plant stems, Germany, November.

Jan Hamrsky / Summer mayfly nymph (Siphlonurus lacustris), Europe, May. Controlled conditions.

Edwin Giesbers / Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) group of four on plant stems, River Leijgraaf, Nijmegen, the Netherlands, August 2013. Finalist in the Invertebrate category of the Wildlife Photographer of th...

Sandra Bartocha / Dead Grass (Poaceae sp) stems arched over in winter snow, Neuendorf, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, December

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Children waving Umbellifer stems in the air, Evelyn Community Gardens, Deptford, London, England, UK, August 2011.

Gerrit Vyn / Singing vole (Microtus oeconomus) cutting willow stems, Seward Peninsula, Alaska, USA June

Steve Knell / Swarm of Midges (Chironomidae) flying around grass stems. Lake Myvatn, Iceland. June