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Carder Bee

Carder Bee

Adam Lawson

  • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies

Commended

Beewolf on a small plant

Beewolf

Jack Gardiner

Taken at f/11, 1/160, ISO 100 with flash. I had never seen one of these before so was interested in finding out what it was.

  • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
Bumblebee surrounded by colourful flowers

Bumblebee surrounded by flowers

Jack Gardiner

Taken at f/8, 1/80, ISO 160 with flash. Saw this bee surrounded by flowers of all colours and got this picture.

  • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
Common jay butterflies, Graphium doson

Spotted and beautiful

Devika M B

Common jay butterflies, Graphium doson.

  • Butterflies and moths
Green locust on a window

Locust on a window

Bendegúz Bedő

I was sitting on the couch when I saw a locust on the window. I immediately got up and grabbed my camera. I took couple of cool photos of it.

  • Grasshoppers, crickets and bush-crickets
Bee flying near purple flowers and buds

In search of lunch

William Hunter

  • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
Hoverfly on a green leaf

Hoverfly

Adam Lawson

  • True flies
Common Blue butterfly, Polyommatus icarus, on a stalk of grass

Common Blue

Adam Lawson

Polyommatus icarus

  • Butterflies and moths
Meadow Grasshopper, Pseudochorthippus parallelus on a green leaf

Pink Hopper

Will Scarratt

Meadow Grasshopper, Pseudochorthippus parallelus.

  • Grasshoppers, crickets and bush-crickets
Red Soldier Beetles, Rhagonycha fulva, mating on a bed of small white flowers

Red Soldier Beetle

Jack Gardiner

Taken at f/8, 1/100, ISO 100 with flash. Saw these two on a wildflower and they were nice enough to let me get close and take this picture.

  • Beetles