Nigel Cattlin / Immature caterpillar of a codling moth (Cydia pomonell) eating its way through a gallery in a ripening apple fruit, Berkshire, July

Chris Mattison,Chris Mattison / Rubber Boa (Charina bottae) in defensive posture, raising tail to mimic head. California, USA, November.

Morley Read / Non-venomous Coral cylinder snake (Anilius scytale), showing colour mimicry of venomous coral snakes, Orelana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Nigel Cattlin / Codling moth (Cydia pomonella) caterpillar exit hole on Apple (Malus domestica) fruit.

Nigel Cattlin / Codling moth (Cydia pomonella) caterpillar exit hole on young Apple (Malus domestica) fruit.

Rod Williams / Micro-moth (Epiblema Sp) Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, UK. May.

Rod Williams / Micro-moth (Pammene regiana) Warwick Gardens, Peckham, London, England, UK. June.

Daniel Heuclin / Sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor) captive, occurs in South East Asia.

Daniel Heuclin / Sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor) captive, occurs in South East Asia.

Daniel Heuclin / Sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor) captive, occurs in South East Asia.

John Abbott / Filbertworm moth (Cydia latiferreana) on white background, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA October

John Abbott / Filbertworm moth (Cydia latiferreana) on white background, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA September

John Abbott / Filbertworm moth (Cydia latiferreana), Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA October

John Abbott / Filbertworm moth (Cydia latiferreana), Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA September

Paul Williams / Eastern spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana) 6th instar larva feeding on fir needles, Quebec, Canada, July.

Paul Williams / Eastern spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana) 6th instar larva abseiling on silk thread, Quebec, Canada, July.

Paul Williams / Eastern spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana) 6th instar larva abseiling on silk thread, Quebec, Canada, July.

Alex Hyde / Birch Marble (Apotomis betuletana) (right) next to a bird dropping. This moth is an excellent bird-dropping mimic, giving it protection from predators. Surrey, UK. August.

Alex Hyde / Moth (Lozotaeniodes formosanus) photographed in mobile field studio on a white background. Surrey, UK. August.

Alex Hyde / Birch Marble (Apotomis betuletana) photographed in mobile field studio on a white background. Surrey, UK. August.

Rod Williams / Dark Strawberry Tortrix Micro-moth (Syricoris / Celypha lacunana) resting on leaf, Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, UK, June.

Daniel Heuclin / Pipe snake (Anilius scytale scytale) in leaf litter, French Guiana

Daniel Heuclin / Pipe snake (Anilius scytale scytale) in leaf litter, French Guiana

MYN / JP Lawrence / False Coral Snake (Anilius scytale) the Kaw Mountains, French Guiana. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / JP Lawrence / False Coral Snake (Anilius scytale) the Kaw Mountains, French Guiana. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Andrew Snyder / Coral pipe snake (Anilius scytale) Iwokrama, Guyana. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Andrew Snyder / Coral pipe snake (Anilius scytale) Iwokrama, Guyana. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Robert Thompson / Cherry Bark Tortrix (Enarmonia formosana) Annagarriff Wood, Peatlands, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK. June

Stephen Dalton / Green oak roller moth (Tortrix viridana) entering Foxglove flower, UK

Stephen Dalton / Oak leaves rolled by larva of Green oak roller moth (Tortrix viridana) UK

PREMAPHOTOS / Caterpillar larva of Red barred tortrix moth (Ditula angustoriana) hanging by a thread from an apple tree, UK

Piotr Naskrecki / Leafroller (Pseudatteria leopardina) rare diurnal moth, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Leaf Roller (Tortricidae) moth and an unknown species of Noctuid, compete for honeydew produced by a Lantern Bug (Enchophora sanguinea), Costa Rica

Nigel Cattlin / Carnation tortrix (Cacoecimorpha pronubana) caterpillar feeding and binding the leaves of red valerian (Centranthus ruber) Berkshire, England, UK. September

Nigel Cattlin / Carnation tortrix (Cacoecimorpha pronubana) caterpillar feeding and binding the leaves of red valerian (Centranthus ruber) Berkshire, England, UK. September

Rod Williams / Micro-moth (Ancylis badiana) resting on bramble leaf, Lewisham, London, England, UK, May.

Ingo Arndt / Leaf Rolling Weevil (Attelabidae) rolled leaf with a larva inside, Arfak Mountains, Indonesia

Pete Oxford / Bromeliad (Bromeliaceae) epiphytes in canopy, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Robert Thompson / Walker's lanark tortrix (Philedonides lunana) camouflaged on tree bark, UK

Guy Edwardes / Marbled orchard tortrix moth (Hedya nubiferana) resting on a leaf, Eastern Rhodope, Bulgaria. May.

Nick Upton / Female Purbeck mason wasp (Pseudepipona herrichii), one of most endangered UK invertebrates, approaching her burrow with Rusty birch button moth caterpillar (Acleris notana) that she has paralysed to...

Nick Upton / Female Purbeck mason wasp (Pseudepipona herrichii), one of most endangered UK invertebrates, approaching her burrow with Rusty birch button moth caterpillar (Acleris notana) that she has paralysed to...

Nick Upton / Female Purbeck mason wasp (Pseudepipona herrichii), one of most endangered UK invertebrates, approaching her burrow with Rusty birch button moth caterpillar (Acleris notana) that she has paralysed to...

Nick Upton / Female Purbeck mason wasp (Pseudepipona herrichii), one of most endangered UK invertebrates, flying to her burrow with Rusty birch button moth caterpillar (Acleris notana) that she has paralysed to ac...

Nick Upton / Female Purbeck mason wasp (Pseudepipona herrichii), one of most endangered UK invertebrates, stinging Rusty birch button moth caterpillar (Acleris notana) to paralysed it before storing it in her burr...

Nigel Cattlin / False codling moth (Thaumatotibia leucotreta) caterpillar on Orange (Citrus sinensis) fruit, South Africa.

Nigel Cattlin / European common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) preying and feeding on a tortrix caterpillar pest on a plum tree, Devon, England, UK, June

Nigel Cattlin / Adult codling moth (Cydia pomonella) a major pest of fruit such as apples and pears on the surface of an apple, South Africa, February

Nigel Cattlin / Adult codling moth (Cydia pomonella) a major pest of fruit such as apples and pears on the surface of an apple, South Africa, February

Edwin Giesbers / Mountain-ash tortricid moth (Choristoneura hebenstreitella). De Kaaistoep Nature Reserve, Tilburg, The Netherlands. April. Controlled conditions.

Edwin Giesbers / Green oak tortrix moth (Tortrix viridana). De Kaaistoep Nature Reserve, Tilburg, The Netherlands. April. Controlled conditions.

Edwin Giesbers / Green oak tortrix moth (Tortrix viridana). De Kaaistoep Nature Reserve, Tilburg, The Netherlands. April. Controlled conditions.

Nigel Cattlin / Tortrix caterpillar (Acleris sparsana) with webbing nest in myrtyle (Myrtus sp.) foliage, Devon

Nigel Cattlin / Pea moth (Cydia nigricana) caterpillar with frass and damaged peas in a mature green pea pod

John Cancalosi / Northern rubber boa snake (Charina bottae) with its newborn baby , Oregon, USA. Captive

John Cancalosi / Northern rubber boa (Charina bottae) , Oregon, USA. Captive

John Cancalosi / Northern rubber boa (Charina bottae) , Oregon, USA.

John Cancalosi / Northern rubber boa (Charina bottae) , Oregon, USA.

John Cancalosi / Mexican jumping beans - seeds from Sebastiania palmeri or pavoniana. A jumping bean moth (Cydia) lays eggs on the plant's flowers which then develop inside the seeds / beans. When the eggs hatch,...

Robert Thompson / Arched marble moth (Olethreutes arcuella) Pyrenees National Park, France