Winning Photographs 2008

Translucent in the sunshine, a mayfly on a fence post, Commended 2008 NIW Photography Competition riverfly category

Ringlet, Second Prize 2008 NIW Photography Competition adult category

On the road again! Great green bush cricket, Commended 2008 NIW Photography Competition adult category

Juvenile vegetable bug on passion fruit in Croatia, Commended 2008 NIW Photography Competition adult category

Ephemera vulgata: heading for an uncertain future, Commended 2008 NIW Photography Competition adult category

Bombus on buddleia, Commended 2008 NIW Photography Competition adult category

Common mayfly by River Stour, Specially Commended 2008 NIW Photography Competition riverfly category

On guard! Worker honey bees, Apis mellifera, protect their nest, Commended 2008 NIW Photography Competition adult category

Peacock butterfly, Aglais io, Commended 2008 NIW Photography Competition adult category

Adult caddisfly, Philopotamus montanus, Runner up 2008 NIW Photography Competition riverfly category

Mayfly, Runner up in 2008 NIW Photography Competition riverfly category

Large red damselfly, Pyrrhosoma nymphula, Commended 2008 NIW Photography Competition adult category

Fritillary butterfly, Melitaea sp., feeding on knapweed, Commended 2008 NIW Photography Competition adult category

Soldier beetle on sentry duty, Specially Commended 2008 NIW Photography Competition adult category

Small skipper butterfly, Thymelicus sylvestris, nectaring, Commended 2008 NIW Photography Competition adult category

Adult caddisfly, Odontocerum albicorne. Third Prize 2008 NIW Photography Competition riverfly category

Grasshopper resting in the undergrowth, Commended 2008 NIW Photography Competition under 18 category

Dragonfly ready for take-off, Commended 2008 NIW Photography Competition under 18 category

Southern hawker dragonfly, Aeshna cyanea, emerging from nymph, Commended 2008 NIW Photography Competition adult category

Mayfly rests, Second Prize 2008 NIW Photography Competition riverfly category

Male four-spotted chaser dragonfly, Libellula quadrimaculata, Commended 2008 NIW Photography Competition adult category

Marbled white butterfly, Melanargia galathea, Commended 2008 NIW Photography Competition adult category

Mayfly on iris bud, First Prize in riverfly category and Commended in adult category 2008 NIW Photography Competition

Great green bush cricket, Tettigonia viridissima, Commended 2008 NIW Photography Competition adult category

"En garde" bee-fly, Bombylius major, Commended 2008 NIW Photography Competition adult category

Four-spotted chaser dragonfly, Libellula quadrimaculata, perching, Commended 2008 NIW Photography Competition adult category

Solitary bee, Commended 2008 NIW Photography Competition adult category

Fly (Muscidae) resting on leaf, Commended 2008 NIW Photography Competition adult category

Honey bees, Apis mellifera, collecting nectar, Specially Commended 2008 NIW Photography Competition under 18 category

Bumblebee in flight, Commended 2008 NIW Photography Competition adult category

Grasshopper camouflaged on dead leaves in Croatia, Second Prize 2008 NIW Photography Competition adult category

Praying mantis in a sunflower field, First Prize 2008 NIW Photography Competition adult category

Soft body of a caddis fly larva, Joint Third Prize 2008 NIW Photography Competition riverfly category

Hoverfly settling on wild orchid, Commended 2008 NIW Photography Competition adult category

Gray hairstreak butterfly, Strymon melinus, Commended 2008 NIW Photography Competition adult category

Gendarme firebug, Pyrrhocoris apterus, Commended 2008 NIW Photography Competition adult category

Shy black beetle departs as a pair of soldier beetles, Rhagonycha fulva, mate, Commended 2008 NIW Photography Competition adult category

Four-spotted chaser dragonfly, Libellula quadrimaculata, by water lilies, First Prize 2008 NIW Photography Competition under 18 category

Mayfly, Specially Commended in riverfly category and Commended in adult category 2008 NIW Photography Competition

Ruby-tailed wasp, Chrysis ignita. Commended 2008 NIW Photography Competition adult category

Common mayfly on River Stour, Specially Commended 2008 NIW Photography Competition riverfly category

Fritillary butterflies on umbellifer, Second Prize 2008 NIW Photography Competition under 18 category