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1st Place – “Detailed Gnat Ogre” Photo (c) Benjamin Salb
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The Royal Entomological Society runs annual insect photography and art competitions for non-professionals.

View the fantastic images from past competitions and enter now

Over 18 Winners

1st Place – Detailed Gnat Ogre
Photo (c) Benjamin Salb (USA)
2nd Place – Aphid Mummy with Braconid Wasp Cocoon Photo (c) Rupert Lees (UK)

Highly Commended – Behaviour

Spittlebug’s world Photo (c) Raghuram Annadana
Beetle taking off Photo (c) Marc Brouwer
Robber fly eating a termite Photo (c) Jamie Spensley
Reluctant to Leave Photo (c) Luke Chambers
Hug yourself
Photo (c) Panagiotis Dalagiorgos
Ghastly Death Photo (c) Marco Chan
Swarmed and Subdued Photo (c) Benny Gauthier
Pteromalus ovipositing Photo (c) Jamie Spensley
Tiger moth laying eggs Photo (c) Julian Lobo-Guerrero
With the aphid in the jaws
Photo (c) Pepe Badia Marrero

Highly Commended – Portraits

The Botyodes Moth Photo (c) Raghuram Annadana
Lesser banded hornet Photo (c) Raghuram Annadana
Sandy beetle Photo (c) Ben James
Electric Blue Longhorn Photo (c) Douglas Barber
All the Better to Hear You With Photo (c) Luke Chambers
Put on a happy face Photo (c) Matthew Thomas
Male Mayfly Photo (c) Rupert Lees
Iron man tenderness Photo (c) Ji Yuan
Pentatomidae Portrait Photo (c) Julian Lobo-Guerrero
Smiling Damselfly Photo (c) Benjamin Salb

Highly Commended – Environment

Aegean sunrise Photo (c) Panagiotis Dalagiorgos
Banded Alder Borer Sunset Photo (c) Thomas Barbin
Damsel at Dawn Photo (c) Lee Frost
Model Pose Photo (c) Rosemary Haleem
Robberfly Photo (c) Sydney Carnevale
Vigilant Photo (c) Jose Alza
Walls have ears and sticks have eyes Photo (c) Panagiotis Dalagiorgos
Flower Bee Photo (c) Ryan Dale
Blue Dragonfly Yellow Scene Photo (c) Paul Zimmer
Acorn Weevil
Photo (c) Matthew Thomas

Highly Commended – Smartphone

Nature’s Winged Wonders Photo (c) Sritam Kumar Sethy
The Pollinator Photo (c) Antaryami Das
A spiritual experience Photo (c) Marga Estrany
Lost in another world Photo (c) Gioi Ha Van

Specially Commended

Hold on Photo (c) Tyler Redford
Western Tiger Beetle Larva Photo (c) Thomas Barbin
Common Water Strider (Aquarius remigis) with Prey
Photo (c) Thomas Barbin
Desert’s Hidden Hunter
Photo (c) Gustav Parenmark

Under 18 Winners

1st Place – Jagged Ambush Bug Photo (c) Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, age 17
2nd Place - "The Intruder" Photo (c) Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, age 17
2nd Place – The Intruder Photo (c) Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, age 17

Under 18 – Highly Commended

Hidden Jewel Photo (c) Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, age 17
Sea of Green Photo (c) Flynn Thaitanunde-Lobb, age 10

Under 18 – Specially Commended

Milionia Basalis Photo (c) Anton Poon, age 17
View the fantastic images from past competitions and enter now

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