Fantastic Winning Photos from the 2024 Royal Entomological Society Photography Contest

1st Place: “Detailed Gnat Ogre” by Benjamin Salb (USA)

The 2024 Royal Entomological Society Photography Contest unveiled the enchanting beauty of insects through amateur photographers’ eyes. Winning photos celebrate macro photography’s artistry, capturing stunning details of dragonflies and butterflies.

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2nd Place: “Aphid Mummy with Braconid Wasp Cocoon” by Rupert Lees (UK)

Behaviour – Highly Commended: “Spittlebug’s world” by Raghuram Annadana

Behaviour – Highly Commended: “Beetle taking off” by Marc Brouwer

Behaviour – Highly Commended: “Robber fly eating a termite” by Jamie Spensley

Behaviour – Highly Commended: “Reluctant to Leave” by Luke Chambers

Portraits – Highly Commended: “The Botyodes Moth” by Raghuram Annadana

Portraits – Highly Commended: “Lesser banded hornet” by Raghuram Annadana

Portraits – Highly Commended: “All the Better to Hear You With” by Luke Chambers

Portraits – Highly Commended: “Put on a happy face” by Matthew Thomas

Environment – Highly Commended: “Aegean sunrise” by Panagiotis Dalagiorgos

Environment – Highly Commended: “Banded Alder Borer Sunset” by Thomas Barbin

Environment – Highly Commended: “Model Pose” by Rosemary Haleem

Environment – Highly Commended: “Robberfly” by Sydney Carnevale

Environment – Highly Commended: “Acorn Weevil” by Matthew Thomas

Smartphone – Highly Commended: “Nature’s Winged Wonders” by Sritam Kumar Sethy

Smartphone – Highly Commended: “The Pollinator” by Antaryami Das

Smartphone – Highly Commended: “A spiritual experience” by Marga Estran

Under 18 – 1st Place: “Jagged Ambush Bug” by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, age 17

Under 18 – 2nd Place: “The Intruder” by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, age 17

Under 18 – Highly Commended: “Hidden Jewel” by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, age 17

Under 18 – Highly Commended: “Sea of Green” by Flynn Thaitanunde-Lobb, age 10

Under 18 – Specially Commended: “Milionia Basalis” by Anton Poon, age 17