Alex Hyde / Bornean horned frog (Megophrys nasuta), camouflaged amongst dead leaves on forest floor. Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.

Alex Hyde / Red-green carpet moth (Chloroclysta siterata), underside of individual resting on a window. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. April. Focus stacked image.

Alex Hyde / Red-green carpet moth (Chloroclysta siterata). Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. April. Focus stacked image.

Alex Hyde / Scorpion fly (Panorpa sp.) male, basking in foliage. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. May.

Alex Hyde / Red velvet mite (Trombidium holosericeum) running across soil where it hunts smaller invertebrates. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. April.

Alex Hyde / Orange-tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) egg and newly-emerged caterpillar on seed pod of Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata). Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. May. Focus stacked imag...

Alex Hyde / Orange-tip Butterfly egg (Anthocharis cardamines) on seed pod of Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata). Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. May. Focus stacked image.

Alex Hyde / Group of Tissue moths (Triphosa dubitata) hibernating in a limestone cave. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. November.

Alex Hyde / Guanaco (Lama guanicoe) grazing on grassland plain, Patagonia, Chile. Novmeber.

Alex Hyde / Southern Elephant Seal bull (Mirounga leonina) close up portrait, King Haakon Bay, South Georgia. November.

Alex Hyde / Southern Elephant Seals (Mirounga leonina) pup with mother. King Haakon Bay, South Georgia. November.

Alex Hyde / Colonies of King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) and Southern Elephant Seals (Mirounga leonina) on beach at St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia. November.

Alex Hyde / Brown / Tufted Capuchin (Cebus apella) family group in cloud forest, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Peru.

Alex Hyde / Colony of Common Mussels (Mytilus edulis) growing on striated rock formation exposed at low tide. Cornwall, England, UK. Highly commended in the Coast and Marine Category of the British Wildlife Photo...

Alex Hyde / Leaf-cutter ants (Atta cephalotes) carrying pieces of leaf that they have harvested back to their underground fungus garden in their nest, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photographed in mobile field studi...

Alex Hyde / Leaf-cutter ants (Atta cephalotes) carrying pieces of leaf that they have harvested back to their underground fungus garden in their nest, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photographed in mobile field studi...

Alex Hyde / Lowland tropical rainforest understory vegetation dominated by (Cyclanthaceae) plants, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Alex Hyde / Yellow-flecked glassfrogs (Sachatamia albomaculata) mating pair, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Alex Hyde / Yellow-flecked glassfrogs (Sachatamia albomaculata) mating pair, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Alex Hyde / RF - Scarlet macaw (Ara macao) pair preening, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Alex Hyde / RF - Close up of feathers of a Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Alex Hyde / Jumping spider (Salticidae) hunting among vegetation, San Jose, Costa Rica.

Alex Hyde / Silk moth (Automeris zugana) sequence 1 of 2, photographed on a white background in mobile field studio, Cordillera de Talamanca mountain range, Caribbean Slopes, Costa Rica.

Alex Hyde / Silk moth (Automeris zugana) sequence 2 of 2, with wings open to reveal eyespots, a means of deterring predators, photographed on a white background in mobile field studio, Cordillera de Talamanca mou...

Alex Hyde / Spined glassfrog (Teratohyla spinosa) Central Caribbean foothills, Costa Rica.

Alex Hyde / Fishing spider (Trechalea) waiting to catch a Killifish (Cyprinodontiformes) in a rainforest stream at night, Central Caribbean foothills, Costa Rica.

Alex Hyde / Hourglass treefrog (Dendropsophus ebraccatus) male with inflated vocal sac calling at night, Central Caribbean foothills, Costa Rica

Alex Hyde / Lemur leaf frog (Agalychnis lemur) Central Caribbean foothills, Costa Rica. IUCN Red List critically endangered species.

Alex Hyde / Cup fungus (Cookeina sp) growing on decaying wood on the rainforest floor, Corcovado National Park, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Alex Hyde / Leaf-cutter ant (Atta cephalotes) carrying pieces of leaf that they have harvested back to their underground fungus garden in their nest, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Alex Hyde / Fragrant Orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea) and Yellow Rattle (Rhinanthus sp.) flowering in ancient alpine hay meadow. Nordtirol, Austrian Alps. June.

Alex Hyde / Nine-spotted moth (Amata phegea) feeding from a Mountain arnica flower (Arnica montana) Triglav National Park, Julian Alps, Slovenia. July.

Alex Hyde / Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Triglav National Park, Julian Alps, Slovenia, July.

Alex Hyde / Lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros) roosting in cave. Croatia. November.

Alex Hyde / Greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum) roosting in cave. Croatia. November.

Alex Hyde / Fairy's thimble flower (Campanula cochleariifolia) growing in a crack running through a limestone slab. Triglav National Park, Julian Alps, Slovenia. July.

Alex Hyde / Keeled garlic flowers (Allium carinatum subsp. carinatum) flowers on black background, Julian Alps, Slovenia. July

Alex Hyde / View up to Beech (Fagus sylvatica) woodland canopy in winter, photographed with a circular fisheye lens. Derbyshire, UK. December.

Alex Hyde / Canopy of a Beech woodland (Fagus sylvatica) in autumn through a circular fisheye lens. Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia. November.

Alex Hyde / Low angle view of Porcelain fungus (Oudemansiella mucida) growing on a dead Beech tree (Fagus sylvatica). Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia. November.

Alex Hyde / Water cascading over naturally formed tufa dam. Tufa is a kind of limestone, formed from the precipitation of carbonate minerals which builds up around mosses and water plants to form a solid limeston...

Alex Hyde / European House Centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata) found on the ceiling of a limestone cave. Photographed on a white background in mobile field studio. Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia. November.

Alex Hyde / Close up of head of European House Centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata) in limestone cave. Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia. November.

Alex Hyde / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) on flower, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. September.

Alex Hyde / Parasitic fungus (Cordyceps militaris) fruiting body. This entomopathogenic fungus grows from an underground insect pupa or larva. Sherwood Forest National Nature Reserve. Nottinghamshire, UK. October...

Alex Hyde / View up towards autumnal Beech (Fagus sylvatica) woodland canopy, taken with a fisheye lens. Derbyshire, UK. October.

Alex Hyde / Sheetweb weaving spider (Linyphiidae) in web at sunset. The silk is refracting the light into a rainbow of coloured bands. Slovenia, July.

Alex Hyde / Raft Spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus) female on heathland pool. Note wing of predated damselfly floating on water's surface under the spider. Dorset, UK. August.