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See a prize-winning photograph of mating golden-tabbed robber flies

10 May 2023

Pete Burford, who only took up macro photography two years ago, has won the Insect Week Photography Competition 2022 for this stunning close-up shot
Monarch mass flight

Alien Worlds review: Celebrating Earth's insects – as they disappear

5 April 2023

From diving ants to jewel beetles, there are millions of insect species on Earth. A wonderful new guide from entomologist Steve Nicholls celebrates some of the smallest lives and details the strain they are under

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