Winner

Water Measurer with fly as prey

Dale Sutton

Water Measurer with fly as prey

Second Prize

Bumblebee & poppies, Bombus terrestris

David Maitland

Bumblebee & poppies, Bombus terrestris

  • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies

Specially Commended

Ouch! Wasps and a fly on flower

John Hallard

Ouch! Wasps and a fly on flower

  • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies

Highly Commended

Queen common wasp, Vespula germanica, resting on grape hyacinth after waking

Queen common wasp

David Maitland

Vespula germanica, resting on grape hyacinth after waking

  • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
Mayfly on nettle

Heather Buckley

Mayfly on nettle

Explosion in a feather duster factor

Bun Gilson

Explosion in a feather duster factor

  • Butterflies and moths
Young Grasshopper

Andrew Wright

Young grasshoppper

  • Grasshoppers, crickets and bush-crickets
Elegant Grasshopper Nymph

Steve Baker

Banded demoiselle, Calopteryx splendens

  • Dragonflies and damselflies
Composition in yellow and red, wasp on a yellow flower

Ed Phillips

Composition in yellow and red

  • True flies
Female Brown Hawker dragonfly Aeshna grandis

Philip Ashman

Female Brown Hawker dragonfly Aeshna grandis

  • Dragonflies and damselflies

Commended

Broad-bodied chaser dragonfly, Libellula depressa

Broad-bodied chaser dragonfly, Libellula depressa

Unknown

Highly Commended 2006 NIW Photography Competition British insect category

  • Dragonflies and damselflies
Brightly coloured yellow and black striped Cinnabar moth caterpillar clinging to the stem of a flower

Lynne Garner

Cinnabar moth caterpillar

Small heath and robber fly

David Dixon

Small heath and robber fly

Camouflage

Alison Smorthwaite

Camouflage

  • Grasshoppers, crickets and bush-crickets
Painted Lady butterfly, Vanessa cardui

Glyn McDonald

Painted Lady butterfly, Vanessa cardui

  • Butterflies and moths
Hover fly

Nigel Widdows

Hover fly

  • True flies
Red Underwing moth

Paul Stevens

Red Underwing moth<em>Catocala nupta</em>

  • Butterflies and moths
Red ant with eggs

Ian Smith

Red ant with eggs

  • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
Longhorn beetle (Strangalia maculata) mating

Paul Stevens

Longhorn beetle (Strangalia maculata) mating

  • Beetles
Brimstone butterfly

Steve Baker

Brimstone butterfly

  • Butterflies and moths
Seven spot ladybird on nettle

Paul Pearce

Seven spot ladybird on nettle

  • Beetles
baby-buff-tip-caterpillars-at-night

Rich Andrews

Baby buff-tip caterpillars at night

  • Butterflies and moths
Flesh fly portrait

Peter White

  • True flies
Bloody-nosed beetle,Timarcha tenebricosa

Hazel Bulpitt

Bloody-nosed beetle,Timarcha tenebricosa

  • Beetles
Broad-bodied chaser dragonfly, Libellula depressa

Broad-bodied chaser dragonfly, Libellula depressa

Unknown

Highly Commended 2006 NIW Photography Competition British insect category

  • Dragonflies and damselflies