Paul Hobson / Leaf-nosed bat (Phyllostomidae sp) flying towards Banana (Musa sp) flower to feed. Costa Rica.

Bence Mate / Leafcutter ants (Atta sp) colony harvesting pieces of a banana leaf, Costa Rica.

Bence Mate / Leafcutter ants (Atta sp) colony harvesting a banana leaf, Costa Rica. 3rd place in the Insects and Spiders category of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards competitions 2015.

Cyril Ruoso / Banana (Musa sp) leaf detail with water drops, Peru

Cyril Ruoso / Banana (Musa sp) close up of leaf with water droplets, Rwanda

Cyril Ruoso / Banana (Musa sp) close up of leaf with water droplets, Rwanda

Bence Mate / Leafcutter ants (Atta sp) colony harvesting a banana leaf, Costa Rica. OVERALL WINNER: Wildlife Photoghrapher of the Year 2010 from Eric Hosking Award portfolio image 2/6

David Welling / Banana Slug on leaf, California, USA

Nigel Cattlin / Banana (Musa x paradisiaca) cross section showing tightly packed leaves is pseudostem.

Adrian Davies / Leaf-nosed bat (Phyllostomidae sp) nectaring on Banana (Musa sp) flower. Costa Rica. Digital composite.

Paul Hobson / Leaf-nosed bat (Phyllostomidae sp) flying towards Banana (Musa sp) flower to feed. Costa Rica.

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Lunch served on banana leaves, at the ranger station, Tongbiguan Nature Reserve, Dehong prefecture, Yunnan province, China. May

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Food served on banana leaves, at the ranger station, Tongbiguan Nature Reserve, Dehong prefecture, Yunnan province, China. May

Daniel Heuclin / Mentawai woman cooking Sago in banana leaf, Siberut Island, Sumatra. July 2016.

Edwin Giesbers / Ethiopian banana plant (Ensete ventricosum) close up of leaf. Occurs in Africa. Meise National Botanic Garden of Belgium, August.

Adrian Davies / Ethiopian Banana (Ensete ventricosum) close up detail of leaf taken in Botanic garden, Surrey UK

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Huts in Dorze village, Guge mountains, Lake Chamo, Dorze huts resemble larger-than-life-elephants. Ethiopia, November 2014

Alex Hyde / Owl Butterfly {Caligo sp.} eggs on banana leaf. Captive, occurs in Central and South America. Focus stacked image.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Banana yucca (Yucca baccata) Red Rock Canyon, Clark County, Nevada, USA, March.

Staffan Widstrand / Man carrying bundle of Banana leaves, Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India, January 2013.

Suzi Eszterhas / Banana Frog (Dendropsophus ebraccatus) calling on leaf, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Suzi Eszterhas / Banana Frog (Dendropsophus ebraccatus) on leaf, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Cyril Ruoso / Banana (Musa sp) leaf detail with water drops, Peru

Shibai Xiao / Bawangling cave gecko (Goniurosaurus bawanglingensis) male standing on fallen banana tree leaf, Bawangling National Nature Reserve, Hainan Island, China.

Chien Lee / Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat (Cynopterus brachyotis) trio roosting under banana leaf, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Banana (Musa sp) growing in a rainforest clearing, Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh, Vietnam

Piotr Naskrecki / Nigeria Banana Frog (Afrixalus nigeriensis), Atewa Range, Ghana

Albert Lleal / Butterfly shadow on banana leaf, Venezuela

Rolf Nussbaumer / Coppery-headed Emerald, Elvira cupreiceps, male perched on banana leaf, Central Valley, Costa Rica, Central America, December 2006

David Welling / Banana slug on leaf (Ariolomax columbianus) California, USA

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Banana slug {Ariolimax columbianus} in leaf litter, Hoh Rainforest, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA - pneumostone visible

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Banana (Musa sp) leaf, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Grant Maslowski / Spix's disk-winged bat (Thyroptera tricolor) roosting within a plantation banana leaf, within a flight cage, Smithsonian Bat Lab, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institiute, Gamboa, Colon Province, Pana...

Grant Maslowski / Spix's disk-winged bat (Thyroptera tricolor) roosting within a plantation banana leaf, within a flight cage, Smithsonian Bat Lab, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institiute, Gamboa, Colon Province, Pana...

Staffan Widstrand / Lunch pack for tourists, in eco-friendly banana-leaf wrapping, ecotourism concept, Uganda. March, 2023.

Daniel Nunez / Northern banana salamander (Bolitoglossa rufescens) resting on leaf, Finca Sacmoc, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala.

Tom Vierus / Australian magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) perched on a Banana leaf, Taveuni, Fiji.

Nigel Cattlin / Banana (Musa sp.) plantation severely affected and diseased by Yellow sigatoka (Mycosphaerella musicola) disease, Thailand, South East Asia.

Nigel Cattlin / Irrigated Banana (Musa sp.) plantation severely affected and diseased by Yellow sigatoka (Mycosphaerella musicola) disease, Thailand, South East Asia.

Nigel Cattlin / Mature green bunch of bananas (Musa x paradisiaca) variety Williams at harvest, Transvaal, South Africa

Morley Read / Venomous Wandering spider (Phoneutria sp), a relative of the dangerous Brazillian Banana Spider, attaching its eggs in a silk nest to a leaf. This individual is missing its right front leg. Yasuni Nat...

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Leaf litter, mainly from Indian almond trees, on the rainforest floor, Banana Bay Forest Rerserve, Kenting National Park, Taiwan

Guy Edwardes / Turnip-tailed gecko (Thecadactylus rapicauda) silhouetted against banana leaf, Arenal, Costa Rica

Guy Edwardes / Turnip-tailed gecko (Thecadactylus rapicauda) silhouetted against banana leaf, Arenal, Costa Rica

Guy Edwardes / Turnip-tailed gecko (Thecadactylus rapicauda) silhouetted against banana leaf, Arenal, Costa Rica

Nigel Cattlin / Black sigatoka (Mycosphaerella fijiensis) lesions and necrosis on the leaves of young bananas, Malaysia, February,

Nigel Cattlin / Yellow sigatoka (Mycosphaerella musicola)lesions and necrosis on the leaves of young bananas, Malaysia, February,

Nigel Cattlin / Yellow sigatoka (Mycosphaerella musicola)lesions and necrosis on the leaves of young bananas, Malaysia, February,

Nigel Cattlin / Spiralling whitefly (Aleurodicus dispersus) adults and circular wax trails on the underside of a banana leaf, Mindanao, Philippines, February

Nigel Cattlin / Honeydew and soft brown scale insects (Coccus hesperidum) on a banana leaf midrib vein, a house plant.

Nigel Cattlin / Honeydew and soft brown scale insects (Coccus hesperidum) on a banana leaf midrib vein grown as a house plant,

Guy Edwardes / Orange nectar bat (Lonchophylla robusta) feeding on a banana flower, lowland rainforest, Costa Rica. November.

Guy Edwardes / Two Pallas's long-tongued bats (Glossophaga soricina) feeding from banana flower, lowland rainforest, Costa Rica. November.

Guy Edwardes / Orange Nectar Bat (Lonchophylla robusta) feeding from banana flower, lowland rainforest, Costa Rica. November.

Guy Edwardes / Pallas's long-tongued Bat (Glossophaga soricina) feeding from Flowering banana (Musa ornata), Lowland rainforest, Costa Rica. November.

Guy Edwardes / Pallas's long-tongued bats (Glossophaga soricina) feeding from banana flower, lowland rainforest, Costa Rica. November.

Guy Edwardes / Pallas's long-tongued Bat (Glossophaga soricina) feeding from banana flower, lowland rainforest, Costa Rica. November.

Guy Edwardes / Pallas's long-tongued Bat (Glossophaga soricina) feeding from banana flower, lowland rainforest, Costa Rica. November.

Guy Edwardes / Pallas's long-tongued bats (Glossophaga soricina) feeding from banana flower, lowland rainforest, Costa Rica. November.

Guy Edwardes / Pallas's long-tongued Bat (Glossophaga soricina) feeding from banana flower, lowland rainforest, Costa Rica. November.

Guy Edwardes / Orange Nectar Bat (Lonchophylla robusta) feeding on banana flower, lowland rainforest, Costa Rica. November.

Adrian Davies / Leaf-nosed bat (Phyllostomidae sp). feeding on Banana flower at night,. Costa Rica