Anup Shah / Celebes / Black crested macaque (Macaca nigra) sub-adult male trying to break into bamboo to feed on ant eggs from a nest, Tangkoko National Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Anup Shah / Celebes / Black crested macaque (Macaca nigra) sub-adult male head and shoulders portrait, Tangkoko National Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Mark Carwardine / Dwarf minke whale, thought to form a yet-to-be named sub-species of the Common minke whale {Balaenoptera acutorostrata}, Ribbon Reefs, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Mark Carwardine / Rear view of Dwarf minke whale, thought to form a yet-to-be named sub-species of the Common minke whale {Balaenoptera acutorostrata}, Ribbon Reefs, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Mark Carwardine / Tail flippers of Dwarf minke whale, thought to form a yet-to-be named sub-species of the Common minke whale {Balaenoptera acutorostrata}, Ribbon Reefs, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) sub-adult female 'Mosoko' aged 8 years feeding on fruit, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. December 201...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) sub-adult female 'Mosoko' aged 8 years drinking in Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. November 2011.

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) sub-adult male 'Kunga' aged 13 years drinking in Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. November 2011.

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) sub-adult female 'Mosoko' aged 8 years feeding on sedge grasses in Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. No...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) sub-adult male 'Kunga' aged 13 years head and shoulders portrait, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. Dec...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) sub-adult male 'Kunga' aged 13 years head and shoulders portrait, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. Dec...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) sub-adult male 'Kunga' aged 13 years looking at his hand, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. December 20...

James Dunbar / Rose chafer (Cetonia aurata) nectaring on a thistle flower, England, UK, September.

Alex Hyde / Sun Beetle (Pachnoda marginata peregrina) photographed on a white background. Captive, originating from west and central Africa

Stephen Dalton / Chafer beetle (Cetonia cuprea) on rose flower, UK

Wild Wonders of Europe / Wothe / Rosechafer (Cetonia aurata) on Dog rose (Rosa canina) flower, East Slovakia, Europe, June 2008

Heather Angel / Rose chafer (Cetonia aurata) feeding on Caucasian peony (Paeonia mlokosewitschii) pollen. Surrey, England, UK. May.

Heather Angel / Blossom scarab beetle (Epicometis hirta) feeding on Ficaria flower (Ficaria fascicularis). In snow melt area, Turkey. May.

Heather Angel / Rose chafer (Cetonia aurata) feeding on Rock rose (Cistus x hybridus) pollen. Cuts in petals where chafer's legs were inserted to prevent it from falling off. In garden, Surrey, England, UK. June.

Heather Angel / Iridescent rose chafers (Cetonia aurata) feeding on Magnolia (magnolia sp), making the flower less attractive to pollinators. North Greece. July.

Heather Angel / Bee beetle (Trichius fasciatus), a bee mimic, nectaring on Umbel-flowered catchfly (Silene compacta). Picks up pollen on hairy body. Russian Caucasus. June.

Alex Hyde / Sun beetle (Pachnoda marginata peregrina) photographed on a white background. Captive, originating from west and central Africa.

Konrad Wothe / Slow motion clip of a European rose chafer (Cetonia aurata) taking off from an Umbellifer flower (Apiaceae) flowers, Germany, June.

Sue Daly / Rose chafer beetle (Cetonia aurata), Sark, Biritsh Channel Islands