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Insects

Freddie Roach

Australia

A close-up of the wet rear bumper and taillight of a dirty green and tan off-road vehicle with a spiderweb.

Rebecca Newman

Melbourne

Victoria

Wooden hive frames are covered with bees, some clustered near the edges and others crawling over the surface. A single bee is seen flying above the frames, with a blurred nature background behind.

Sam Goldreich

A close-up of a butterfly with worn-out orange, black, and white wings resting on a vibrant green leaf.

Yves Daniel

Trégastel

France

Brittany

A beekeeper in a protective suit carefully holds up a honeycomb frame swarming with honey bees for inspection.

Amber Canterbury

A small black bug is on top of a red raspberry.

Catherine Marois

A person is holding a black caterpillar on the back of their hand

ThreeSevensStudio

Spain

A brown praying mantis sits on the edge of a bright red ribbed cup against a plain white background.

Alice Vedovato

A bee forages for pollen on delicate white blossoms clustered along a slender, budding branch, set against a soft, muted background.

Nathan Cyprys

Niagara Falls

Canada

Ontario

A striking butterfly with iridescent blue and green wings with black edges rests on a light brown, dried leaf, against a dark, blurred background of green foliage.

A close view of a beehive frame shows a section of light brown honeycomb with active honey bees crawling on its surface and within the hexagonal cells.

GS & Co

A cluster of vibrant sunflowers bask in the sunlight, their golden petals attracting busy bees.

An overhead shot of a black butterfly with iridescent blue and white markings resting with its wings spread open on a rough surface.

Giulio Gröbert

Butterfly rests on yellow flowers against a softly blurred background.

Cluster of honeybees swarming on leafy green branches with soft natural light filtering through surrounding foliage.

Jaqueline Bremmer

Sankt Kathrein am Offenegg

Austria

Styria

A macro shot captures a hairy garden spider wrapping its prey on a delicate spider web in a sunlit garden.

Robin Maeter

Yellow and black butterfly perched on a red and orange heliconia flower against a green foliage background.

A beekeeper in protective gloves holds a wooden beehive frame covered with a colony of honey bees working on the honeycomb.

omar belattar

a beetle is walking over the ground in an overexposed photo

Elena Kulikova

A tiny ant explores the vast, shimmering landscape of a purple plant petal in a detailed close-up shot.

Lee Morton

Costa Rica

A beekeeper in a bee suit collects honey from a beehive at a bee farm in costa rica

Fabian Schmiedlechner

Broome

Western Australia

A large green stick insect sits on a red sand road in the outback as an off-road vehicle approaches in the distance.

Rowan Spray

London

United Kingdom

England

A white flower with a bee crawling on it.

A detailed macro shot captures the sharp, spiny forelegs of a green praying mantis on a white surface.

Gabe Scalise

United States

Montana

A woman with bracelets and gentle hands cradles a colorful butterfly.

Diana Vasilevskaya

Seattle

Washington

A detailed macro shot captures a fuzzy bumblebee collecting nectar from the small purple petals of a lavender flower.

Dozens of honeybees are captured in mid-flight as they swarm around the entrance of a wooden beehive.

Igor Zacharov

Two people in beekeeping gear observe a beehive in a field with smoke rising from it

Philippe Degroote

Llucmajor

Balearic Islands

A butterfly lands on a delicate wildflower, backlit by the warm, golden glow and flare of the sun.

Extreme close-up of a large butterfly with white oval shapes on its wings.

Sarah Fassold

Schöckl

Steiermark

A detailed macro photograph captures a yellow and black striped hoverfly pollinating a cluster of small white flowers.

Liam Edwards

A close-up macro shot captures a brown dragonfly with golden, translucent wings resting on a dark, weathered surface.

TRU COLLECTIVE

A bee that is on a person's lips and has natural light on them

Aroshaliny Godfrey

Port Coquitlam

British Columbia

A close-up shot of a fuzzy yellow and black bumblebee pollinating a cluster of tiny white flowers with a green background.

A monarch butterfly with orange and black wings rests on a red flower, surrounded by green leaves, against a solid teal background.

Jason Jahnke

Wisconsin

Close-up of bees producing honey.

Germany

Baden-Württemberg

Green praying mantis on an asphalt surface with a blurred background.

Leah Whitty

Peacock butterfly perched on lilac flowers.

Laila Frank

Portugal

A striped white-lined sphinx moth with pink markings on its wings hovers over a patch of small purple wildflowers.

Lindsey Kusterman

Naples

Florida

A delicate pink mimosa flower is visited by bees, set against the vibrant green leaves of the tree and a clear blue sky.

Jason Prince

Cumberland

Maryland

A water-strider making ripples on a pond.

Anastasia Mihaylova

An extreme close-up macro photograph shows a red and black ladybug resting on a person's closed eyelid.

Anna Andreeva

Several small snails are attached to thin, dry grass stalks in a field, with warm sunlight softly illuminating the background.

A close-up of a garden spider wrapping its prey in silk while hanging in the center of its web.

Ana do Amaral

Los Angeles

California

A still life composition of a whole purple fig with a fly on its stem next to a sliced fig on a blue background.

Dave Masotti

Japan

An elegant black and white butterfly with spotted wings delicately perches on a small pink and yellow flower.

Alyssa Fioravanti

a stack of light green and pinkish-purple bracts along a tall plant stem, with a small, red ladybug nestled within one of the cup-like bracts.

Beekeeper pulls a frame covered with bees out of a bee hive

Laura Scherb

A close-up of a fly resting on a dense cluster of tiny white flowers against a blurred green background.

UV lit monarch butterfly, glowing turquoise and black, rests on a cluster of orchid flowers that are vivid pink and blue with deep purple speckles, all contrasting dramatically against a black background.

A low-angle, close-up view of pink allium flowers being pollinated by bees against a bright blue sky.

Jericho Patrick

Lake Arrowhead

A group of red ladybugs crawls along a sunlit wooden log, with rays of sunlight streaming through the dark forest background.

A dragonfly with transparent and colorful wings on a dry branch, standing out against a soft background.

Giorgia Didonè

A detailed close-up of a bright yellow sunflower with a bee on it, blooming in a field under a clear blue sky.

Merzouga

Morocco

Drâa-Tafilalet

A lone black beetle makes its way across the vast orange sand of the desert, leaving a delicate trail of footprints behind.

Chandler Borries

A macro shot captures a fuzzy bumblebee covered in pollen while pollinating a vibrant purple flower.

Close-up of bees on a honey beehive.

Lucía Silva

Italy

Tuscany

A yellow swallowtail butterfly rests on a small pink flower amidst lush green plants and trees in a garden.

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