Colin Varndell / Close up of head and thorax of male migrant hawker dragonfly (Aesgna mixta) Hartland Moor, Dorset, UK September

Kim Taylor / Sexton beetle (Nicrophorus vespilloides) taking off showing elytra folded upwards along back and phoretic mites gathered on thorax to where they migrate whenever the beetle prepares for flight, digit...

Heather Angel / Butterflies and day flying moths feed from Loofah flower (Luffa cylindrica) and pick up pollen on their legs, underside of thorax and antennae, South Sichuan Bamboo Sea, China

Heather Angel / Wasp walking around a Spanish love-in-a-mist (Nigella hispanica) flower to sip nectar from ring of blue nectaries, thorax and abdomen pick up pollen from downward facing anthers that swipe over the wa...

Oliver Wright / Four-spotted chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata), close up of thorax, abdomen and wings, covered in early morning dew. Skipwith Common National Nature Reserve, North Yorkshire, England, UK. May. Focus s...

Heather Angel / Bumblebee (Bombus sp) nectaring on Indian horse chestnut flower (Aesculus indica). Yellow spots on banner petals turn pink as nectar resource declines. Orange pollen is pick ed up on wings and thorax...

Heather Angel / Flesh fly (Sarcophaga sp) nectaring on Bi-coloured pineapple lily (Eucocmis bicolor). Fly attracted by flower's rotting carion smell. Pollen is transferred via thorax and legs of fly. Cultivated i...

Heather Angel / Wasp (Dolichovespula sp) emerging from nectaring on Michailovski fritillary (Fritillaria michailovskyi) flower. To reach the nectaries it squeezes past anthers picking up large pollen load on head and...

Heather Angel / Wasp nectaring on Marsh marigold (Caltha palustris), picking up pollen on head, thorax and hairs on body. Turkey. May.

Heather Angel / Hornet (Vespa crabro) nectaring on Ivy (Hedera helix), pollen transferred to hairy legs and hairs on underside of head, thorax and abdomen. In woodland, Surrey, England, UK. October.

Heather Angel / Honeybee (Apis mellifera) with full pollen baskets and pollen on head, thorax and abdomen. Bee withdrawing from Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) flower after nectaring. In garden, Surrey, England, UK. Feb...

MYN / Lily Kumpe / Spiny-thorax stick insect (Acanthomima rhipeus) William Bay National Park, Western Australia. Meetyourneighbours.net project.