1st Prize
![Orange tip butterfly, Anthocharis cardamines, and mayfly on a purple flower bud](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/1080use-1400x1000.jpg)
Orange tip butterfly and mayfly sharing
Petar Sabol
Orange tip butterfly, Anthocharis cardamines, and mayfly.
- Butterflies and moths
- Mayflies or upwing flies
2nd Prize
![A female potter wasp, Oreumenes decoratus, returning to her nest carrying a mud pellet](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/1003use-1400x1090.jpg)
Potter wasp, Oreumenes decoratus, returning to her nest
Wen-Chi Yeh
A female potter wasp, Oreumenes decoratus, returning to her nest carrying a mud pellet which will be used to make the nest.
- Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
Specially Commended
![Planthopper nymph with 'fibre optic' tail](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/808use-1400x959.jpg)
Planthopper nymph with ‘fibre optic’ tail
Weixiang Lee
- True bugs
![Merveille du jour moth, Dichonia aprilina, camouflaged on lichen](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/882-1400x1000.jpg)
Wonder of the day (Dichonia aprilina)
Andrew Geen
Merveille du jour moth, Dichonia aprilina.
- Butterflies and moths
![Green and black caterpillar after shedding its skin on a plant stalk](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/1006-1400x788.jpg)
Metamorphosis
Ivan-Marios Mezitis
- Butterflies and moths
![Oblong-winged katydids, Amblycorypha oblongifolia, in flight.](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/1057use-1400x933.jpg)
Kite (Amblycorypha oblongifolia)
Martin Tampier
Oblong-winged katydids, Amblycorypha oblongifolia, in flight.
- Grasshoppers, crickets and bush-crickets
![Fly covered in water droplets on a green leaf](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/1065use-1400x933.jpg)
Bejewelled Fly
Beverley Brouwer
- True flies
![Mayfly resting on a stem in the early morning, just before sunrise](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/1079use-1400x936.jpg)
Mayfly resting just before sunrise
Petar Sabol
Mayfly resting on a stem in the early morning, just before sunrise.
- Mayflies or upwing flies
![Broad Bodied Chaser dragonfly, Libellula depressa](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/1095use-1400x934.jpg)
Water reflections through greenery
Simon Carder
Broad Bodied Chaser, Libellula depressa.
- Dragonflies and damselflies
![Two Cuckoo bees, Coelioxys sp., on a twig](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/1156use-1400x933.jpg)
Bedtime
Zoltan Gyori
Cuckoo bee, Coelioxys sp.
- Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
Commended
![Dark Green Fritillary, Speyeria aglaja, on a purple flower, and a bee](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/854.jpg)
Two for the price of one
Michael Bird
Dark Green Fritillary, Speyeria aglaja, and a bee.
- Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
- Butterflies and moths
![Caterpillars on silk](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/859use-1400x932.jpg)
Caterpillars on silk
Narayan Patel
- Butterflies and moths
![Hoverfly on a Helenium flower head](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/894use-1400x1050.jpg)
Sunfly on Helenium
Juergen Specker
Hoverfly.
- True flies
![Treehopper on a vine leaf](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/906-1000x1400.jpg)
Treehopper on vine
Martin Taylor
Ceresa sp.
- True bugs
![Common Blue/Azure Damselflies reflected on a pond surface](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/916use-1400x933.jpg)
Damselfly symmetry
Andrew Neal
Common Blue/Azure Damselflies.
- Dragonflies and damselflies
![Painted Lady, Vanessa cardui, on small purple flowers](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/1048use-1400x933.jpg)
Painted Lady
Denise Bishop
Vanessa cardui.
- Butterflies and moths
![Tightly packed caterpillars on a green leaf](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/1024-1400x934.jpg)
Just one world
Deepak Kumbhar
Caterpillars.
- Butterflies and moths
![Six-spot burnet, Zygaena filipendulae, on knapweed](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/1096use-1400x933.jpg)
Six-spot burnet and knapweed at dawn
Simon Carder
Zygaena filipendulae.
- Butterflies and moths
![Harlequin Ladybird, Harmonia Axyridis, on a red rose petal](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/1101-1400x1047.jpg)
A walk in the rain
William Richardson
Harlequin Ladybird, Harmonia Axyridis.
- Beetles
![Three bees surrounded by ants](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/1138use-1400x957.jpg)
Under siege
David Holland
Bees and ants. A tricky scene to photograph, the outside of the bee nest was covered by ants and the bees were in danger every time they left or entered the nest.
- Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
![Two Black-veined White butterflies, Aporia crataegi, on a grass seed head](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/1159use-1277x1400.jpg)
Black-veined Whites
Katarzyna Bukowska
Aporia crataegi.
- Butterflies and moths
![Stag beetle, Lucanus cervus, on a branch](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/1155use-1400x933.jpg)
The vice
Zoltan Gyori
Stag beetle, Lucanus cervus.
- Beetles
![Two black and yellow moths on a white and yellow flower](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/1189.jpg)
One love
Faith Melencio
- Butterflies and moths
![Herald moth, Scoliopteryx libatrix, on blackberries](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/1213use-1032x1400.jpg)
Autumns Herald
Iain Cowe
Herald moth, Scoliopteryx libatrix.
- Butterflies and moths