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Mofeed Abu Shalwa won Luminar bug photographer of the year. This photograph is of a red palm weevil
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A flower crab spider, shot in Saudi Arabia by Mofeed Abu Shalwa. The flower crab spider can alter the colour of its body to blend in with its surroundings
Photograph: Mofeed Abu Shalwa/2020 Luminar bug photographer of the year
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The Luminar young bug photographer of the year 2020 winner: a carder bee, shot by Jamie Spensley
Photograph: Jamie Spensley/2020 Luminar bug photographer of the year
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Aquatic bugs category winner: a diamond squid by Galice Hoarau, shot in Siladen, Indonesia, during a night-time dive. After sunset, pelagic predators like the diamond squid come close to the surface to hunt
Photograph: Galice Hoarau/2020 Luminar bug photographer of the year
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Aquatic bugs category 2nd place: a larval wonderpus octopus by Galice Hoarau, taken in Lembeh, Indonesia. Aptly, its scientific name is Wunderpus photogenicus
Photograph: Galice Hoarau/2020 Luminar bug photographer of the year
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Bug homes category winner: Home Sweet Home by Lee Frost. It shows a mining bee and a Willughby’s leaf-cutter bee emerging from a bee hotel.
Photograph: Lee Frost/2020 Luminar bug photographer of the year
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Arachnids category winner: Microspur by Lung-Tsai Wang. This shot of a lynx spider (Oxyopidae) with its young was taken in the mountains of Taiwan. Lung-Tsai says: ‘The small oxyopidaes were climbing out, followed by two days of cannibalism, and the last one to survive is the king. It was quite a spectacle!’
Photograph: Lung-Tsai Wang/2020 Luminar bug photographer of the year
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Arachnids category 3rd place: dancing spider by Raed Ammari. Male jumping spiders (in this case a Phidippus insignarius) perform a courtship dance in which they almost form a heart shape with their legs. This one was shot in Colorado
Photograph: Raed Ammari/2020 Luminar bug photographer of the year
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Beetles category winner: 3 … 2 … 1 … Takeoff!, by Christian Brockes. An acorn weevil (Curculio glandium) takes flight
Photograph: Christian Brockes/2020 Luminar Bug Photographer of the Year
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Beetles category 2nd place: A stag beetle behind a leaf by Martijn Nugteren
Photograph: Martijn Nugteren/2020 Luminar bug photographer of the year
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Flies, bees, wasps and dragonflies category winner: Three Mayfly on Crested Dogstail by Peter Orr was shot on the River Kennet near Kintbury, in the UK
Photograph: Peter Orr/2020 Luminar bug photographer of the year
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Butterflies and moths category winner: Swallowtail by Sara Jazbar. A swallowtail butterfly, newly hatched from the chrysalis and waiting for its wings to dry before its first flight
Photograph: Sara Jazbar/2020 Luminar bug photographer of the year
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All the other bugs category winner: Tug of War by Reynante Martinez. This dramatic shot shows two weaver ants pulling apart a smaller species
Photograph: Reynante Martinez/2020 Luminar bug photographer of the year
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Snails and slugs category winner: Snail by David Lain. A classic portrait of a garden snail, plucked from his garden rockery, UK
Photograph: David lain/2020 Luminar bug photographer of the year
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Extreme close-up winner: Potter Wasp by Riyad Hamzi in Saudi Arabia
Photograph: Riyad Hamzi/2020 Luminar bug photographer of the year
