An insect picture contest was gained by a picture of resting cuckoo flies

Sleeping Cuckoos, by Yorkshire-based Luke Chambers, has gained this 12 months’s Royal Entomological Society Insect Week images competitors.

Chambers’ {photograph} reveals two cuckoos resting on a blade of grass.

“It is all the time fantastic to search out any sleeping invertebrate – however two so shut collectively, it is like successful the images lottery,” he mentioned.

Tim Jones’ picture of a caddis-fly larva got here in second.

Chief decide Dr Tim Cockerill, broadcaster, photographer and senior lecturer at Falmouth College, mentioned: “Bugs are essentially the most numerous group of animals on the planet, but we all know so little about most of them.

“Pictures like this reveals the astonishing complexity and fantastic thing about the insect world.

“At a time when bugs face nice threats, I hope this assortment of beautiful pictures will assist present how essential – and delightful – they are surely.”

Swedish photographer Gustav Perenmark, 17, gained the under-18 class with this picture of a banded damselfly damselfly at relaxation.

“The important thing to photographing sleeping odonates is to get up early,” he mentioned.

“This species of damselfly is generally very elusive – however I went out at 04:00 to make them inactive, which made them simpler to {photograph}.”

Jamie Good’s image of the bandit fly got here in second.

“I awakened early one morning and determined to stroll round my woodland backyard with my digicam, after I noticed this fly on the grass,” mentioned the eight-year-old.

“I did not understand till I appeared it up on the pc that he was really consuming one other fly.”

Abi Batten gave her notably acclaimed picture – taken utilizing a smartphone – titled “A Wasp Joins Us for Tea”.

Nikita Richardson’s Cotton Harlequin Bug, Nature’s Jewels, Particular Commendation within the Habits class.

An orange-tip butterfly by Thomas Roberts caught the eye of the judges within the setting class.

Lila Channer’s {photograph} of the Glanville Fritillary butterfly was additionally praised.

Panagiotis Dalagiorgos’ {photograph} of a European mantis was recommended within the portrait class.

Robin Backhouse photographed this brightly coloured Picasso bug.

Pete Burford’s image is titled Look into my Eyes.

All images courtesy of the Royal Entomological Society.