Winner

Marmalade hoverfly, Episyrphus balteatus, on a pink flower

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

An Epeolus sp bee on common Ragwort

Jamie Spensley (UK)

  • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies

Specially commended

Common chaser dragonfly, Potamarcha congener

Common chaser dragonfly

Sruthi Parupudi (India)

Potamarcha congener

  • Dragonflies and damselflies
Carder bee, Bombus pascuorum on a green leaf

Carder bee in Cornwall

Jamie Spensley (UK)

Bombus pascuorum

  • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies

Highly commended

Southern Hawker dragonfly, Aeshna cyanea

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

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

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

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.

Natural beauty

Kirsty Eykyn (UK)

Dark green fritillary, Speyeria aglaja.

  • Butterflies and moths