A big thank you to everyone who entered our Invertebrate Photography Competition, held jointly with the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
With so many amazing photographs of splendid snails, fabulous flies and majestic mantids Wildscreen asked three professionals from the world of wildlife photography to judge the winners. Sophie Stafford (BBC Wildlife magazine Editor), Rosamund Kidman Cox (WildPhotos Producer, editor and writer) and Helen Gilks (Managing Director, Nature Picture Library and Blue Green Pictures) deliberated over the 100s of entries to select 20 finalists and the overall winner.
Overall winner
Six-spot burnet moths (Zygaena carniolica) gathered on grass seed heads
View a gallery of the 20 finalist photographs
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- Female banded tunnel web spider (Hexathele hochstetteri) sitting at the entrance of her tunnel, waiting for unsuspecting prey to wander close enough to grab.
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- Preying mantis, Mashhad, Iran
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- Bloody Henry starfish (Henricia oculata) exposed on a low spring tide
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- A cicada in the city
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- A trapdoor ant drinks from a water droplet.
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- Grasshopper, Mashhad, Iran
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- A swarm of honey bees (Apis melifera) in search of a suitable place to build their hive
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- Flesh fly (Sarcophaga sp.) “bubbling” regurgitating stomach contents to increase the concentration of its food by evaporating excessive water content
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- Common snail (Helix aspersa) crawling in lawn grass in front of the Royal Crescent, Bath, UK
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- Pair of Coleman shrimp (Periclimenes colemani) living commensally on a fire urchin
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- Shield bug, Mashhad, Iran
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- Mating dance flies (Empis opaca) with female feeding on March fly courtship gift provided by male
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- Liguus fasciatus a Cuban snail that went unrecorded for several decades
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- Jumping spider, Mashhad, Iran
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- Veined octopus (Octopus marginatus) transporting shells to be used as protection from predators
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- Tachinid fly (Prosena siberita) with distinctive long proboscis, resting on woolly thistle leaf
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- A Nephila orbweaver spider sits on its web and waits for prey, Suriname
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- Male common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus) on red clover flower
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- A robber fly with prey too large and heavy to allow it to fly away
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- Six-spot burnet moths (Zygaena carniolica) gathered on grass seed heads
Some wonderful work, indeed. But one question – why is Iran the only country identified?
Wonderful images! Wish I send some in but will do next time
Wonderful images! Wish I send some in but will do next time
How to pick a best from this group…? Everyone is a winner in my experience. Congratulations to each photo master!
All finalists were impressive and fascinating. Thank you!
Wonderful collection
Nice. Can we please see some more entries.
Is this typical of Burnet gathering
What a stunning array. Well done ARKive for organising such a fantastic competition!
beautiful photographs.
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