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