2018 Competition winners (Adult category)

1st Prize – Petar Sabol

Orange tip butterfly and mayfly sharing

2nd Prize – Wen-Chi Yeh

Potter wasp, Oreumenes decoratus, returning to her nest

Specially Commended – Wexiang Lee

Planthopper nymph with the 'fibre optic' tail

Specially Commended – Andrew Geen

Wonder of the day (Dichonia aprilina)

Specially Commended – Ivan-Marios Mezitis

Metamorphosis

Specially Commended – Martin Tampier

Kite (Amblycorypha oblongifolia)

Specially Commended – Beverley Brouwer

Bejewelled Fly

Specially Commended – Petar Sabol

Mayfly resting just before sunrise

Specially Commended – Simon Carder

Water reflections through greenery. Broad Bodied Chaser (Libellula depressa)

Specially Commended – Zoltan Gyori

Bedtime

Commended – Michael Bird

Two for the price of one

Commended – Narayan Patel

Caterpillars on silk

Commended – Juergen Specker

Sunfly on Helenium

Commended – Martin Taylor

Treehopper on vine

Commended – Andrew Neal

Damselfly symmetry

Commended – Denise Bishop

Painted Lady

Commended – Deepak Kumbhar

Just one world

Commended – Simon Carder

Six-spot burnet and knapweed at dawn

Commended – William Richardson

A walk in the rain

Commended – David Holland

Under siege

Commended – Katarzyna Bukowska

Black-veined Whites

Commended – Zoltan Gyori

The vice

Commended – Faith Melencio

One love

Commended – Iain Cowe

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