First place
![German wasps, Vespula germanica, drinking](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/webform_import20221130/20A_0756-denoise-denoise-1400x718.jpg)
German wasps drinking
Alan Clark (UK)
German wasps, Vespula germanica, drinking.
- Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
Second place
![Aphid family on a green leaf](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/Aphid family-1400x934.jpg)
Aphid family
Petar Sabol (Croatia)
- True bugs
Specially Commended
![Female Shield Bug with young](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/webform_import20221130/1B8B39A4-5A0B-4BC5-A373-0AEBC07673CC-1400x1051.jpeg)
A mother’s love
Phooi Leng Ho (Malaysia)
Female Shield Bug with young.
- True bugs
![Hairy caterpillar on a leaf](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/webform_import20221130/212A41F4-F13F-443E-B192-010E955A3E68-1400x1050.jpeg)
Ready for the party – I am as wild as my hairs
Phooi Leng Ho (Malaysia)
- Butterflies and moths
![Gnat ogre robber fly](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/webform_import20221130/2020-09-02 11-21-39 (C,Smoothing4) 40-44 C-1400x934.jpg)
Gnat ogre robber fly
Andrew Murray (USA)
Holcocephala is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are at least 40 described species in Holcocephala.
- True flies
![Conehead mantis, Empusa pennata, on a thin plant](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/webform_import20221201/Conehead mantis (nymph)-933x1400.jpg)
Conehead mantis
João Petronilho (Portugal)
Empusa pennata
- Mantises
![Two backlit Southern festoon butterflies, Zerynthia polyxena, on a plant](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/webform_import20221202-1/Southern Festoon - Zerynthia polyxena-1400x933.jpg)
Southern festoon
Petar Sabol (Croatia)
Two Southern festoon butterflies, Zerynthia polyxena.
- Butterflies and moths
![Rose aphid, Macrosiphum rosae, on a rose blossom](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/webform_import20221202-1/TimCrabb_Rose Aphid-1400x933.jpg)
Rose aphid on a rose blossom
Tim Crabb (UK)
Macrosiphum rosae
- True bugs
Highly Commended
![Weaver ants, Oecophylla smaragdina, making a bridge on the gap found on its passage](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/webform/03-Bridging weaver ants-1400x932.jpg)
Bridging weaver ants
Karunakaran Parameswaran Pillai (India)
Weaver ants, Oecophylla smaragdina, making a bridge across the gap found on their passage.
- Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
![Ladybird on a seed head](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/webform_import20221202-1/Ladybird on seedhead by Elizabeth Cooksey-1400x902.jpg)
Walking through time
Elizabeth Cooksey (UK)
Ladybird on a seed head.
- Beetles
![Female ant laying its eggs - oviposting](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/webform_import20221202-1/PA110353-1400x1050.jpg)
Ovipositing
Kit Chang (Macao S.A.R.)
A female ant laying its eggs – ovipositing.
- Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
![European paper wasp, Polistes dominula](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/webform_import20221202-1/Polistes dominula1-1400x788.png)
European paper wasp
Pascal Grüner (Germany)
Polistes dominula
- Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
![Wasp on mushroom](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/webform_import20221202-1/Wasp on mushroom-1400x933.jpg)
Wasp on mushroom
Beverley Brouwer (Netherlands)
- Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
Commended
![Common darter, Sympetrum striolatum](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/webform_import20221202-1/_B1T5441-933x1400.jpg)
Here comes the sun
Simon Carder (UK)
Common darter, Sympetrum striolatum.
- Dragonflies and damselflies
![Common blue butterfly, Polyommatus icarus](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/webform_import20221130/2019-06-09-3412-1400x933.jpg)
Butterfly meadow
Simon Carder (UK)
Common blue butterfly, Polyommatus icarus
- Butterflies and moths
![Southeast Asian Ambrosia Beetle, Xylosandrus brevis](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/webform_import20221201/DSC_0438M-1400x930.jpg)
Mother taking care of her fungus garden
Ching-Shan Lin (Taiwan)
Southeast Asian Ambrosia Beetle, Xylosandrus brevis.
- Beetles
![Ghost mantis, Phyllocrania paradoxa](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/webform_import20221202/IMG_9406-2-1120x1400.jpg)
Ghost waits in the dark for prey
Louis Nicholls (UK)
Ghost mantis, Phyllocrania paradoxa.
- Mantises
![Stag Beetle](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/webform_import20221208/natgeoLiesbethPloeg3-1400x891.jpg)
Just jaw dropping
Liesbeth Ploeg (Netherlands)
Stag Beetle.
- Beetles