Matrix Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 The winners have been announced in the Luminar bug photography awards 2020 in association with Europe’s leading invertebrate charity, Buglife. In their inaugural year, the Luminar bug photography awards have attracted an astonishing variety and quality of work from around the world. More than 800 photographers made submissions Mofeed Abu Shalwa won Luminar bug photographer of the year. This photograph is of a red palm weevil 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Beetles category 2nd place: A stag beetle behind a leaf by Martijn Nugteren Photograph: Martijn Nugteren/2020 Luminar bug photographer of the year 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 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 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 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 Extreme close-up winner: Potter Wasp by Riyad Hamzi in Saudi Arabia Photograph: Riyad Hamzi/2020 Luminar bug photographer of the year Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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