First prize
![Mayfly on an unfurled fern frond](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/webform_import20221202-1/May - fernmayfly 70pc-1400x1050.jpg)
Mayfly on an unfurled fern frond
Zach Haynes
- Mayflies or upwing flies
Second prize
![Low level view of a bee on a piece of metal or glass](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/webform_import20221130/28B90A46-4970-4A33-A055-03B9ADF3CA5B-1400x1050.jpeg)
Reflecting
Shannon Cansfield
Bee
- Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
Specially commended
![Lang's Short-tailed Blue butterfly, Leptotes pirithous, on sandy soil](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/webform_import20221201/Alex Perry - Lang's Short-tailed Blue - Leptotes pirithous-1400x933.jpg)
Lang’s Short-tailed Blue
Alex Perry
Leptotes pirithous.
- Butterflies and moths
![Dragonfly on a seed head](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/webform_import20221201/DSC_0054-1400x960.jpg)
Dragonfly Impossible
Rebecca Hyde
- Dragonflies and damselflies
![Marmalade Hoverfly, Episyrphus balteatus, in front of a flower with a black background](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/hover1.jpg)
Hoverfly honing in
Zach Haynes
Marmalade Hoverfly, Episyrphus balteatus.
- True flies
![Green Golden Beprestid beetle, Buprestis aurulenta, on a pale pink iris flower](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/webform_import20221202-1/P1010168-1050x1400.jpg)
Golden Buprestid on Iris
Gavin Pandya
Golden Buprestid, Buprestis aurulenta.
- Beetles