Chris Mattison / Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) feeding on bread and jam. Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. March.

Chris Mattison / Small White / Cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae) on Lavender, Sheffield, UK July (Focus-stacked image)

Chris Mattison / Stigma and anthers of Cactus flower (Notocactus crassigibbus). Cultivated plant. Focus-stacked image.

Chris Mattison / Close up of succulent plant (Peperomia columella) cultivated plant form Peru. Focus-stacked image.

Chris Mattison / Chilean flamingos (Phoenicopterus chilensis) group of three in flight, Lago Amarga , Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile.

Chris Mattison / Lichen (Nephroma antarctica) Rio Serrano, Chile. Focus stacked image.

Chris Mattison / Horned frog (Ceratophrys sp) in shallow water, captive occurs in South America.

Chris Mattison / Budgett's Frog (Lepidobatrachus laevis) mostly submerged in muddy water, with eyes visible above water, captive, occurs in South America.

Chris Mattison / Barred tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum mavortium)eating earth worm, captive occurs in South and Central USA.

Chris Mattison / Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) seedhead, focus stacked image.

Chris Mattison / Spotted reed frog (Hyperolius pucticulatus) tadpoles, captive, endemic to Tanzania.

Chris Mattison / Giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) Sierra Nevada, California, USA, May.

Chris Mattison / Sidewinder (Crotalus cerstastes) in sand dunes, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California, USA, May.

Chris Mattison / Yellow poison dart frog (Phyllobates terribilis) the world's most poisonous amphibian captive from northern South America.

Chris Mattison / Yellow poison dart frog (Phyllobates terribilis) the world's most poisonous amphibian captive from northern South America.

Chris Mattison / Barred leaf frog (Phyllomedusa tomopterna) captive from South America.

Chris Mattison / Green tree monitor (Varanus prasinus) with tongue extended, captive from SE Asia.

Chris Mattison / Red-eyed leaf frog (Agalychnis callidryas) from Central America

Chris Mattison,Chris Mattison / Cedros gopher snake (Pituophis catenifer insulanus / Pituophis insulanus) Cedros Island, Baja California, Mexico

Chris Mattison / Marico Gecko (Pachydactylus mariquensis latirostris). Namaqualand, Northern Cape, South Africa.

Chris Mattison / Marico Thick-toed Gecko (Pachydactylus mariquensis latirostris). Namaqualand, Northern Cape, South Africa.

Chris Mattison,Chris Mattison / Rubber Boa (Charina bottae) in defensive posture, raising tail to mimic head. California, USA, November.

Chris Mattison / Pink stink bug (Tessaratomidae). Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.

Chris Mattison / Cicada against white background. Endemic to Montagne D'Ambre, Madagascar.

Chris Mattison / Green Flower Beetle (Thaumastopeus sp.). Endemic to Borneo.

Chris Mattison / Giraffe necked weevils (Trachelophorus giraffa) male. Endemic to Andasibe, Madagascar.

Chris Mattison / Waxy leaf frog (Phyllomedusa sauvagii), captive, occurs South and Central America

Chris Mattison / Six-lined long-tailed lizard (Takydromus sexlineatus), captive, occurs South East Asia

Chris Mattison / Ecuadorian lubber grasshopper (Chromacris psittacus pacificus), captive, occurs Ecuador.

Chris Mattison / Giant pill millipede (Arthrosphaera cf branti), captive, occurs Tanzania.

Chris Mattison / Amazon milk frog (Phrynohyas resinifictrix), captive, occurs South America

Chris Mattison / Argentine black and white tegu (Tupinambis merianae) captive, occurs South America

Chris Mattison / Common wasp (Vespa vulgaris) caught in a Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula), cultivated, native to North America

Chris Mattison / Small White Butterfly caterpillar, (Pieris rapae), camouflaged on a broccoli leaf. Catbrook (garden), Monmouthshire, Wales, June.

Chris Mattison / White-legged Damselfly, (Platycnemis pennipes), Dixton Embankment, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK., June.

Chris Mattison / Six-spot Burnet moth, (Zygaena filipendulae), Dixton Embankment, Monmouthshire, Wales.

Chris Mattison / Caterpillar, Six-spot Burnet moth, (Zygaena filipendulae), Dixton, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, June.

Chris Mattison / Banded Demoiselle, (Calopteryx splendens), Dixton Embankment, Monmouthshire, Wales.

Chris Mattison / Puss moth, ( Cerura vinula) late stage caterpillar, on Sallow. Wales, UK.

Chris Mattison / Blood-vein moth, (Timandra comae), on inside wall of house, Monmouthshire, Wales.

Chris Mattison / Ruby-tailed wasp, (Chrysis ignita), a species of cuckoo-wasp,

Chris Mattison / Pink lily leek (Allium oreophilum) from Central Asia (in cultivation).

Chris Mattison / Pale-shouldered Brocade moth, (Lacanobia thalassina), Monmouthshire, Wales, May.

Chris Mattison / Poplar Grey moth, (Acronicta megacephala), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK., May.

Chris Mattison / Poplar Grey moth, (Acronicta megacephala), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK., May.

Chris Mattison / Small Tortoiseshell butterfly, (Aglais urticae), larva or caterpillar, May. Cleddon, Monmouthshire.

Chris Mattison / Mayfly, (Ephemera danica), Catbrook, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK.

Chris Mattison / Larva, Scarlet Tiger moth (Callimorpha dominula) Catbrook, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK., May