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A photograph of a mating brace of golden-tabbed robber flies, entitled It Takes Two by Pete Burford from Shrewsbury, has been crowned wide victor of the Royal Entomological Society Insect Week competition.
Image source, Pete Burford
Pete Burford's winning representation of golden-tabbed robber flies.
The yearly amateur contention attracted much than 700 entries from 34 countries, with a full of 24 images receiving commendations this year.
Mr Burford took up macro photography during lockdown and publishes his enactment connected Instagram and TikTok.
Gustav Parenmark, 16, from Sweden, won the under-18 class with a representation of a blue-tailed damselfly, entitled Fresh Out Of The Shower.
Image source, Gustav Parenmark
Image caption,Gustav Parenmark won the under-18 grant with his image.
"Each twelvemonth this contention becomes much hard to justice arsenic the modular of amateur insect photography continues to improve," said Tim Cockerill, caput justice and elder lecturer astatine Falmouth University.
"Interest successful insects, successful each their fascinating glory, is expanding arsenic we statesman to amended recognize the relation insects play successful our lives, and the relation humans indispensable play successful theirs."
Marc Brouwer's representation of a hummingbird hawk moth was awarded 2nd spot successful the over-18 category.
Image source, Marc Brouwer
Image caption,Marc Brouwer's drawback of a hummingbird hawk moth.
Organised by the Royal Entomological Society, Insect Week runs from 19 to 25 June and you tin find retired much details oregon enter the caller photographic contention connected their website.
This is simply a enactment of the pictures that caught the judges' eye.
Image source, Raymond J Cannon
Image caption,Raymond J Cannon captured a communal bumble bee successful flight.
Image source, Sarah Perkins
Image caption,Sarah Perkins photographed an orange-tip butterfly backlit by the day sun.
Image source, Panagiotis Dalagiorgos
Image caption,This debased space changeable of a saga hellenica bush cricket was taken by Panagiotis Dalagiorgos.
Image source, Dennis Teichert
Image caption,Dennis Teichert said: "This beauteous ant lion was recovered precocious astatine nighttime aft a rainfall storm."
Image source, Benjamin Salb
Image caption,A six-spotted tiger beetle photographed by Benjamin Salb.
Image source, Ángel Plata
Image caption,Ángel Plata photographed an Aphaenogaster Iberica: "As the sanction suggests, this ant is autochthonal to the Iberian Peninsula, but besides Morocco."
Image source, Rosa Dunbar
Image caption,Rosa Dunbar, 17, was awarded 2nd spot successful the under-18 class for this representation of a New Zealand praying mantis.
Image source, Gustav Parenmark,
Image caption,Gustav Parenmark, 16, entitled this representation Tug of War.
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