1st Place: “Detailed Gnat Ogre” by Benjamin Salb (USA)
The 2024 Royal Entomological Society Pictures Contest unveiled the enchanting great thing about bugs by newbie photographers’ eyes. Successful pictures rejoice macro pictures’s artistry, capturing beautiful particulars of dragonflies and butterflies.
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2nd Place: “Aphid Mummy with Braconid Wasp Cocoon” by Rupert Lees (UK)
Behaviour – Extremely Recommended: “Spittlebug’s world” by Raghuram Annadana
Behaviour – Extremely Recommended: “Beetle taking off” by Marc Brouwer
Behaviour – Extremely Recommended: “Robber fly eating a termite” by Jamie Spensley
Behaviour – Extremely Recommended: “Reluctant to Leave” by Luke Chambers
Portraits – Extremely Recommended: “The Botyodes Moth” by Raghuram Annadana
Portraits – Extremely Recommended: “Lesser banded hornet” by Raghuram Annadana
Portraits – Extremely Recommended: “All the Better to Hear You With” by Luke Chambers
Portraits – Extremely Recommended: “Put on a happy face” by Matthew Thomas
Setting – Extremely Recommended: “Aegean sunrise” by Panagiotis Dalagiorgos
Setting – Extremely Recommended: “Banded Alder Borer Sunset” by Thomas Barbin
Setting – Extremely Recommended: “Model Pose” by Rosemary Haleem
Setting – Extremely Recommended: “Robberfly” by Sydney Carnevale
Setting – Extremely Recommended: “Acorn Weevil” by Matthew Thomas
Smartphone – Extremely Recommended: “Nature’s Winged Wonders” by Sritam Kumar Sethy
Smartphone – Extremely Recommended: “The Pollinator” by Antaryami Das
Smartphone – Extremely Recommended: “A spiritual experience” by Marga Estran
Underneath 18 – 1st Place: “Jagged Ambush Bug” by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, age 17
Underneath 18 – 2nd Place: “The Intruder” by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, age 17
Underneath 18 – Extremely Recommended: “Hidden Jewel” by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, age 17
Underneath 18 – Extremely Recommended: “Sea of Green” by Flynn Thaitanunde-Lobb, age 10
Underneath 18 – Specifically Recommended: “Milionia Basalis” by Anton Poon, age 17
