Winner
![Marmalade hoverfly, Episyrphus balteatus, on a pink flower](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/webform_import20221202/IMG_3095_1-1400x875.jpg)
Hoverfly on a pink flower
Jamie Spensley (UK)
Marmalade hoverfly, Episyrphus balteatus.
- True flies
Second place
![Epeolus sp bee on a yellow common ragwort flower](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/webform_import20221202-1/bee manual stack2-1400x923.jpg)
An Epeolus sp bee on common Ragwort
Jamie Spensley (UK)
- Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
Specially commended
![Common chaser dragonfly, Potamarcha congener](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/20201015_132152_0-1050x1400.jpg)
Common chaser dragonfly
Sruthi Parupudi (India)
Potamarcha congener
- Dragonflies and damselflies
![Carder bee, Bombus pascuorum on a green leaf](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/webform_import20221202-1/bumble bee cornwall-1400x1001.jpg)
Carder bee in Cornwall
Jamie Spensley (UK)
Bombus pascuorum
- Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
Highly commended
![Southern Hawker dragonfly, Aeshna cyanea](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/webform_import20221130/334F53AD-31CF-49B9-A635-4FCDF91CD6D2-1400x933.jpg)
Southern Hawker
James Murphy (UK)
Southern Hawker, Aeshna cyanea at Pulborough Brooks, West Sussex
- Dragonflies and damselflies
![Comma butterfly, Polygonia c-album, on purple and yellow flowers](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/webform_import20221130/6445D41C-C85D-45A1-BF77-698D3C0AB12A.jpeg)
A summer’s walk
Emily Davies (UK)
Comma butterfly, Polygonia c-album
- Butterflies and moths
![Western Honey bee, Apis mellifera, covered in dust, and an Ant](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/webform_import20221201/Ant and bee-1400x933.jpg)
Ant and Bee
Will Lawson (UK)
Western Honey bee, Apis mellifera, and an Ant.
- Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
![Common red soldier beetle, Rhagonycha fulva, and wood ant](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/webform_import20221201/Ant super strength-1400x933.jpg)
Super strength
Will Lawson (UK)
Common red soldier beetle, Rhagonycha fulva, and wood ant.
- Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
- Beetles
![Dark green fritillary, Speyeria aglaja, on a thistle.](https://www.insectweek.org/wp-content/uploads/webform_import20221202/IMG_4933-1400x1400.jpg)
Natural beauty
Kirsty Eykyn (UK)
Dark green fritillary, Speyeria aglaja.
- Butterflies and moths