Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Four-spotted chaser / Four-spooed libellula (Libellula quadrimaculata), Moine Mhor National Nature Reserve, Argyll, Scotland, UK, May.

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Male Red eyed damselfly (Erythromma najas) on Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) flower, Bedfordshire, England, UK, July 2012.

Paul Hobson / Small garden bumble bee (Bombus hortorum) frozen on small twig, covered in ice crystals, Sheffield, UK February 2011

David Woodfall / Small Pearl bordered fritillary butterfly (Boloria selene) in grass, Radnorshire Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve, Wales, UK, June.

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

Kim Taylor / Assassin Bug (Rhinocoris sp.) Endemic to Costa Rica.

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) feeding on buddleia flowers, Carrbridge, Inverness-shire, Scotland, UK, August. Did you know? Tortoiseshell butterfly caterpillars feed on nettles, and live in gro...

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Spiny spider crab (Maja brachydactyla / squinado) pair on rock covered with red algae, Lundy Island Marine Conservation Zone, Devon, England, UK, May.

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Fisheries assistant Stephanie Kershaw and volunteer John Dumont from the Eden Rivers Trust searching for White clawed crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) as part of a capture and release conservation...

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / White clawed crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) on river bed, viewed underwater, River Leith, Cumbria, England, UK, September 2012.

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / White clawed crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) underwater on riverbed, showing defensive posture, River Leith, Cumbria, England, UK, September 2012. Did you know? White clawed crayfish can live fo...

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / White clawed crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) underwater on riverbed, River Leith, Cumbria, England, UK, September 2012.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Large red damselfly {Pyrrhosoma nymphula} emerging from nymphal case, Cornwall, UK. April

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Common Lobster (Homarus gammarus), in a rock crevice, Lundy Island Marine Conservation Zone, Devon, England, UK, May. Did you know? Lobster pincers are different sizes for different uses, one is for c...

Chris Mattison / Green Flower Beetle (Thaumastopeus sp.). Endemic to Borneo.

Alex Hyde / Human Head Louse (Pediculus humanus capitis) macro shot of claw, that allows the louse to grip onto the hairs of their human host, False-colour scanning electron micrograph (SEM).

Alex Hyde / Silver Studded Blue (Plebejus argus), Gran Paradiso National Park, Aosta Valley, Pennine Alps, Italy. July.

Alex Hyde / Wolf Spider (Xerolycosa nemoralis) female carrying egg sac, photographd on a white background. Aosta Valley, Monte Rosa Massif, Pennine Alps, Italy. July.

Alex Hyde / Mountain Clouded Yellow (Colias phicomone) profile portrait, Aosta Valley, Monte Rosa Massif, Pennine Alps, Italy

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Well preserved fossil of trilobite Dudley locust (Calymene blumenbachii) from the Silurian period, found in the Wenlock Limestone of Wrens Nest Hill, Dudley, Worcestershire.

Claudio Contreras / Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) hibernating, Mariposa Monarca Special Biosphere Reserve, central Mexico, January.

Claudio Contreras / Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) hibernating, Mariposa Monarca Special Biosphere Reserve, central Mexico, January.

Jan Hamrsky / Clubtail dragonfly nymph (Gomphidae) crawling on sunken wood, Europe, May, controlled conditions

Paul D Stewart / Male Large Blue Butterfly (Maculinea eutryphon / arion) collected in 1865. It is here surrounded by other extant UK blue butterfly species. The large Blue was first recorded as a British species in 17...

Paul D Stewart / Two species of weevil showing the size disparity even in single families of insect. The larger is the Bamboo weevil of East Asia Cyrtotrachelus dux, the smaller is identified (perhaps misidentified) o...

Paul D Stewart / Illustration of trilobuite (Paradoxides bohemicus), Plate 1. From 'Organization of the Trilobites' by Hermann Burmeister, appearing in the Ray Society translation of his work published in 1846. The Il...

Kim Taylor / Wood Ant (Formica rufa) worker protecting the nest by jetting formic acid from its tail. Endemic to Europe and Asia. Surrey, UK.

Chris Mattison / Giant pill millipede (Arthrosphaera cf branti), captive, occurs Tanzania.

Andy Sands / Comma butterfly (Polygonia c-album) feeding on flower of Ice plant (Sedum) in garden, Hertfordshire, UK, September

Martin Dohrn / Wood ant (Formica rufa) basking to absorb heat from the sun which is brought back to the nest when they return, Europe

Martin Dohrn / Maricopa harvester ant (Pogonomyrmex maricopa) fighting a different species of ant (Aphaenogaster cockerelli), over territory Arizona, USA

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Common hermit crab (Pagurus bernhardus), Loch Leven, Ballachulish, Scotland, UK, April

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Pink shrimp (Pandalus montagui), Loch Carron, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, UK, April

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Amphipod (Iphimedia obesa) on top of a colony of Deadman's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) coral, Loch Carron, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, UK, April. Highly commended in the British Wildlife Photograph...

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Great spider crab (Hyas araneus) on Deadman's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) coral, feeding in a current, Loch Carron, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, UK, April

MYN / Joris van Alphen / Tractor millipede (Barydesmus sp.) male, Crocker Range, Borneo, Malaysia. meetyourneighbours.net project

Paul Hobson / Azure Damselfly (Coenagrion puella) male grasping stem with eyes and head in sharp focus. Sheffield, UK, May. 'Animal Portraits' category, British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition 2012.

Solvin Zankl / Close up of ant (Acanthognathus brevicornis) from South America. Specimen photographed using digital focus stacking

Solvin Zankl / Close up of ant (Cephalotes clypeatus) Specimen photographed using digital focus stacking

Solvin Zankl / Close-up of ant (Thaumatomyrmex atrox) from the neotropics, specialists predators on millipedes Specimen photographed using digital focus stacking

Solvin Zankl / Red Ant (Myrmica rubra) close-up portrait, Specimen photographed using digital focus stacking

Solvin Zankl / Close up of ant (Harpegnathos venator) head from Asia. Specimen photographed using digital focus stacking

Solvin Zankl / Jet Ant / Shining Jet Black Ant (Lasius fuliginosus), worker. Specimen photographed using digital focus stacking

Solvin Zankl / GEOMAR / Polar shrimp (Lebbeus polaris) on live Lophelia (Lophelia pertusa) from Trondheimfjord, North Atlantic Ocean, Norway. Controlled conditions. Photo taken in cooperation with GEOMAR coldwater coral res...

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / A Long-legged fly (Neurigona quadrifasciata) rarely recorded in the UK, found during Bioblitz survey at Abbots Pool and woodland reserve, silhouetted against an Ivy leaf (Hedera helix), Bristol, UK, J...

Michael D. Kern / Green bottle blue Tarantula, (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens) captive from Venezuela

Michael D. Kern / Venezuelan Sun Tiger Tarantula / Devil tree spider (Psalmopoeus irminia), captive from Venezuela

Michael D. Kern / Ivory Ornamental Tarantulas (Poecilotheria subfusca) from Sri Lanka

Michael D. Kern / Columbian Giant Redleg Tarantula, (Megaphobema robustum) ventral view, captive from South America

Michael D. Kern / Costa Rican Redleg Tarantula (Megaphobema mesomelas), captive from South America

Andy Sands / Clouded yellow butterfly (Colias crocea) On Wild sweet pea flower, Captive, UK, July

Andy Sands / Digger Wasp (Cerceris rybyensis) Female carrying two males attempting to displace one another to mate, West sussex, England, UK, July

Alex Hyde / Shore Crab (Carcinus maenas) against white background. From the Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK.

Nick Upton / Common Shore crab (Carcinus maenas) on clump of Toothed wrack (Fucus serratus) exposed on shore at low tide, St. Bees, Cumbria, UK, July.

Daniel Heuclin / Deathstalker / Palestine Yellow Scorpion (Leiurus quinquestriatus) against white background. Tunisia, Africa.

Kim Taylor / Stinging caterpillar, Costa Rica

Kim Taylor / Red mason bee (Osmia rufa) female in flight carrying mud to nest, Surrey, UK, April

Kim Taylor / Raft spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus) male resting on water surface, Surrey, UK

Michel Poinsignon / Praying mantis (Mantis religiosa) female, clinging between two twigs, Lorraine, France, October.

Michel Poinsignon / Praying mantis (Mantis religiosa) pair on plant facing each other, Lorraine, France, September.

Solvin Zankl / Deepsea planktonic stage of crab development, Trondheimsfjord, North Atlantic Ocean.

Stephen Dalton / Indian Leaf Butterfly (Kalima paralekta) showing near-perfect leaf mimicry. India.

Stephen Dalton / Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) worker bee flying to Cowslip (Primula veris) flowers. UK, April.

Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / European Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) collecting pollen and nectar from Scentless Mayweed (Tripleurospermum inodorum). Perthshire, Scotland, July.

Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / European Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) collecting pollen and nectar from Scentless Mayweed (Tripleurospermum inodorum). Perthshire, Scotland, July. Did you know? A worker Honeybee will only produce a 12t...

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) on Bramble (Rubus fructicosus) leaves, Gamlingay Wood, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, April, UK

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Buff-tailed bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) on field poppy (Papaver rhoeas) showing fully laden pollen sacs, RSPB Hope Farm, Cambridgeshire, UK, May

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Worker honey bee (Apis mellifera) feeding on nectar of Borage (Borago officinalis) flower in conservation margin at RSPB's Hope Farm, Cambridgeshire, UK. May

Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / European Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) with pollen sacs flying towards a Scentless mayweed (Tripleurospermum inodorum) flower in order to feed, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, July. 2020VISION Exhibition. Did...

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Common blue damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum), Tamar Lake, Cornwall, England, UK. June 2011. 2020VISION Exhibition.

Rob Jordan / 2020VISION / Signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) in a defensive posture after being caught by The Tweed Foundation monitoring the species population and spread on the River Till, Northumberland, England, UK...

Rob Jordan / 2020VISION / Signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) in a defensive posture after being caught by The Tweed Foundation monitoring the species population and spread on the River Till, Northumberland, England, UK...

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus), resting on flowering heather, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK September

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Wood ants (Formica rufa), Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, September. 2020VISION Book Plate. Did you know? Wood ants are ecologically important, protecting trees from parasites and recycling nu...

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Harvestman (Opiliones) on flowering heather, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, July

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Emerald damselfly (Lestes sponsa) in early morning light, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, September

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Male Common darter dragonfly (Sympetrum striolatum) resting on the end of a twig, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, September

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Raft spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus) on water, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, July. 2020VISION Book Plate.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Four-spotted chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata) dragonfly, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, June

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Wood ant (Formica rufa) Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, July. 2020VISION Book Plate.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Wood ant (Formica rufa) Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, July

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Small copper (Lycaena phlaeas) butterfly resting on Common ragwort (Senecio jacobaea), Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, August

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Southern hawker dragonfly (Aeshna cyanea) in flight, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, August. 2020VISION Book Plate.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Male Common Darter dragonfly (Sympetrum striolatum) in flight, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, August. 2020VISION Book Plate.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Small red damselfly (Ceriagrion tenellum) covered in dew, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, August

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Female Emperor dragonfly (Anax imperator) laying eggs, Cornwall, England, UK, April

Andy Sands / Digger Wasp (Cerceris arenaria) carrying large weevil back to burrow, paralysed as food for larvae. London, England, UK, July.

Andy Sands / Robberfly (Machimus cingulatus) head close up showing large compound eyes. Captive, UK, July.

Andy Sands / Digger Wasp (Cerceris arenaria) emerging from burrow where it stores insects, paralysed to feed the wasp's larvae. London, England, UK, July.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Buff-tailed bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) worker alighting on a Scorpionweed (Phacelia tancetifolia) flower in a conservation margin in order to feed, Hope Farm RSPB reserve, Cambridgeshire, England,...

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Buff-tailed bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) worker feeding on nectar from a Scorpionweed (Phacelia tancetifolia) flower in a conservation margin, Hope Farm RSPB reserve, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, Ma...

Toby Roxburgh / 2020VISION / Fishermen aboard a small fishing boat packing a container full of Spiny spider crabs (Maja Squinado), caught using tangle nets, Cornwall, England, UK, June 2011

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Large blue butterfly (Phengaris arion) resting on Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) flower, Collard Hill, Somerset, England, UK, June 2011

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Large blue butterfly (Maculinea arion) on a Common Centaury (Centaurium erythraea) flower, Collard Hill, Somerset, England, UK, June 2011. Did you know? The large blue's life cycle is dependent on the...

Paul Hobson / Birch Sawfly (Cimbex femoratus) feeding on a leaf. August, UK.

Alex Mustard / Pederson cleaner shrimp (Periclimenes pedersoni) cleaning the eye of a Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus), Bloody Bay Wall, Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. British West Indies, Caribbean Sea.