Piotr Naskrecki / Mantid (Mantidae), Woburn, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Mantid (Taumantis sp) instar, Woburn, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Scorpion (Brotheas sp) in defensive posture seen under ultraviolet light, Suriname

Piotr Naskrecki / Thick-tailed Scorpion (Tityus sp) under ultraviolet light, Suriname

Piotr Naskrecki / Thick-tailed Scorpion (Tityus sp), Suriname

Ross Hoddinott / Marbled White butterfly (Melanargia galathea) resting on grass, Dunsdon Nature Reserve, Devon, UK. July

Ingo Arndt / Cup Moth (Acharia nesea) caterpillar, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Leafcutter Ant (Atta sp) carrying section of leaf to be used for cultivating nutritious fungi, Costa Rica

Hiroya Minakuchi / Stag Beetle (Odontolabis cypri), Malaysia

Steve Gettle / Atreus Owl (Caligo atreus) butterfly wing with false eyespot, Ecuador

Piotr Naskrecki / Cicada (Cicadidae), Barbilla National Park, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Fulgorid Planthopper (Fulgoridae) spreading wings to show aposematic coloration, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Mayfly subimago, La Selva Biological Research Station, Heredia, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Mantid (Hemiempusa capensis), Western Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Tessaratomid (Tessaratomidae) nymph with warning coloration, Papua New Guinea

Piotr Naskrecki / Leafcutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) worker on leaf protecting larger workers carrying leaf from parasitoid flies, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Eastern Fairy Shrimp (Eubranchipus vernalis) in vernal pond, Estabrook Woods, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Looper Moth (Geometridae) caterpillar with aposematic coloration, Atewa Range, Ghana

Christian Ziegler / Bumblebee Orchid (Ophrys bombyliflora) flower and its male Longhorn Bee (Eucera sp) pollinator, Sardinia, Italy

Birgitte Wilms / Mantis Shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus), Solomon Islands

Chien Lee / Atlas Moth (Attacus atlas) male, Khao Yai National Park, Thailand

Konrad Wothe / Atlas Moth (Attacus atlas), native to southeast Asia

Thomas Marent / Atlas Beetle (Chalcosoma caucasus) in rainforest, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia

Thomas Marent / Atlas Beetle (Chalcosoma caucasus) in rainforest, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia

Konrad Wothe / Australian Red Claw Crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus), Daintree National Park, North Queensland, Queensland, Australia

Steve Gettle / Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) male feeding on insect prey, Huron Meadows Metropark, Michigan

Richard Herrmann / Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) feeding on krill, Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico

Vincent Grafhorst / Koringkriek Armored Bush Cricket (Acanthoplus armativentris), Gaborone Game Reserve, southeast Botswana

Michael Quinton / Crab Spider (Diaea dorsata) camouflaged on yellow flower, Alaska

Suzi Eszterhas / Digger Bee (Melissodes sp) pollinating Engelmann Prickly Pear (Opuntia engelmannii) flower, Red Corral Ranch, Texas

Ingo Arndt / Red Wood Ant (Formica rufa) mass sunbathing at nest, Hessen, Germany

Michael Durham / Diving Beetle (Cybister fimbriolatus) jumping into water, photographed with a high-speed camera, central Texas

Michael Durham / Red Imported Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta), also known as RIFA, worker portrait, highly invasive introduced species, Texas

Ingo Arndt / Blue Crab (Discoplax hirtipes) in defensive posture, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Territory of Australia

Chien Lee / Saturniid Moth (Loepa megacore), Mount Kinabalu National Park, Borneo, Malaysia

Albert Lleal / Dragonfly larva, Spain

Mark Bowler,Mark Bowler / Dead Houseflies {Musca domesticus} and Bluebottle flies {Calliphora vomitaria}, UK

Mark Bowler / Fireflies {Lampyridae} in rainforest, Singapore.

Mark Bowler / Line of Leaf-cutter ants (Atta sp) carrying leaves, digital composite

Mark Bowler / Isula / Bullet ant (Paraponera clavata) close-up showing mandibles, Peru

Mark Moffett / Amazon Ant (Polyergus sp) group returning to their home nest at the conclusion of a slave raid, grey slave ant carries one of their pupa, near Lake Tahoe, California

Silvia Reiche / Peacock Butterfly (Inachis io) on flower, Hoogeloon, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

Silvia Reiche / Wasp Spider (Argiope bruennichi) in web, Hoogeloon, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

Silvia Reiche / Purple-edged Copper (Lycaena hippothoe) butterfly male, Hohe Tauern National Park, Austria

Piotr Naskrecki / Katydid (Hetrodes pupus) on succulent, Cederberg, Western Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Grasshopper, newly discovered species, from fynbos habitat, Jonaskop, Western Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Grasshopper with aposematic coloration aerates toxic blood as a defensive behavior, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Grasshopper with aposematic coloration, Maloti Mountains, Lesotho, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Katydid (Moncheca sp) portrait, Brownsberg Reserve, Surinam

Piotr Naskrecki / Scorpions mother carrying young where they protected by her stinger until capable of hunting on their own, Brownsberg Reserve, Surinam. Sequence 1 of 2

Piotr Naskrecki / Scorpion young on the back of their mother, their soft cuticle is not yet reflecting ultraviolet light, Brownsberg Nature Park, Surinam

Piotr Naskrecki / Termite soldier recently molted, Atewa Range, Ghana

Piotr Naskrecki / Termite worker carrying young nymph, Atewa Range, Ghana

Piotr Naskrecki / Spider and prey, Atewa Range, Ghana

Piotr Naskrecki / Beetle predating on snail who responds with defensive bubbles, Atewa Range, Ghana

Piotr Naskrecki / Millipede close up showing body segments and legs, Mamang River Forest Reserve, Ghana

Piotr Naskrecki / Millipede, Atewa Range Forest Reserve, Ghana

Pete Oxford / Galapagos Sulphur Butterfly (Phoebis sennae marcellina) feeding on cactus flower, Alcedo Volcano, Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Silvia Reiche / Black-veined White (Aporia crataegi) butterfly, Eifel, Germany

Silvia Reiche / Black-veined White (Aporia crataegi) metamorphosis sequence, Hoogeloon, Netherlands. Sequence 12 of 15

Silvia Reiche / Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta), Hoogeloon, Netherlands. Sequence 13 of 14

Silvia Reiche / Black-veined White (Aporia crataegi) butterfly on Sea Thrift (Armeria maritima), Hoogeloon, Netherlands

Silvia Reiche / Black-veined White (Aporia crataegi) butterfly on Meadow Clary (Salvia pratensis), Hoogeloon, Netherlands

Silvia Reiche / Black-veined White (Aporia crataegi) butterfly on Sea Thrift (Armeria maritima), Hoogeloon, Netherlands

Konrad Wothe / Giant Green Sea Anemone (Anthopleura xanthogrammica) group, Goose Barnacles (Lepas anserifera) group and Ochre Sea Stars (Pisaster ochraceus) at low tide, Olympic National Park, Washington

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Green-spotted Swallowtail (Graphium tynderaeus) butterfly, Tangkoko Batuangus Reserve, Indonesia

Albert Lleal / Celebes Leaf Insect (Phyllium celebicum), native to southeast Asia

Thomas Marent / Crimson-patched Longwing (Heliconius erato) butterfly, Colombia

Thomas Marent / Banana Spider (Nephila clavipes) female and smaller male, Bocas del Toro, Panama

Thomas Marent / African Savannah Mantid (Polyspilota aeruginosa) in defensive posture, Mantadia National Park, Madagascar

Thomas Marent / Orchid Mantis (Hymenopus coronatus) camouflaged on flower, Borneo, Malaysia

Konrad Wothe / Seven-spotted Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) on Common Daisy (Bellis perennis), Germany

Mark Moffett / Bulldog Ant (Myrmecia gulosa) worker catching Honey Bee (Apis mellifera), eastern Australia

Albert Lleal / Moss Mite (Oribatidae) gnathosoma magnified 240x

Albert Lleal / SEM close-up of a millipede at 70x magnification showing 2 pair of legs per body section, the attribute distinguishing this group from centipedes which have but a single pair of legs per section

Albert Lleal / SEM close-up of a millipede at 70x magnification showing 2 pair of legs per body section, the attribute distinguishing this group from centipedes which have but a single pair of legs per section

Michael Durham / Bald-faced Hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flying, western Oregon

Michael Durham / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) with pollen baskets taking flight from garden flower

Ingo Arndt / Monarch (Danaus plexippus) butterfly feeding on nectar of Goldenrod during migration, East Coast, USA

Ingo Arndt / Monarch (Danaus plexippus) butterflies gathering to drink water and take up minerals, Michoacan, Mexico

Ingo Arndt / Emperor Scorpion (Pandinus imperator) photographed under ultraviolet light, Africa

Ingo Arndt / Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides) butterfly wing with false eyespots, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides) caterpillar hatching out of egg, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides) caterpillar hatching out of egg, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides) butterfly egg, Costa Rica

Luciano Candisani / Ghost Crab (Ocypode quadrata) on beach, Urucuca, Bahia, Brazil

Luciano Candisani / Ghost Crab (Ocypode quadrata) on beach, Urucuca, Bahia, Brazil

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) chains made to repair honeycomb, Bee Station at the Bavarian Julius-Maximilians-University of Wurzburg, Germany

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) chains made to repair honeycomb, Bee Station at the Bavarian Julius-Maximilians-University of Wurzburg, Germany

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) worker sitting on honeycomb, Bee Station at the Bavarian Julius-Maximilians-University of Wurzburg, Germany

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) natural beehive, built in wooden hut in the garden of the Bee Station at the Bavarian Julius-Maximilians-University of Wurzburg, Germany

Albert Lleal / Giant Desert Hairy Scorpion (Hadrurus arizonensis) photographed under ultraviolet light showing fluoresence, native to southern North America and northern Mexico

Thomas Marent / Peacock Butterfly (Inachis io) on flowers, Switzerland

Thomas Marent / Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia) butterfly, Switzerland

Thomas Marent / Red Stink Bug (Pycanum rubeus) nymph, Sepilok, Borneo, Malaysia

Thomas Marent / Glasswing Butterfly (Ithomania sp) pair, Tingomaria, Peru