Nature Picture Library offers the best nature photographs and footage from the world's finest photographers, to license for commercial and creative use. More than 700,000 images and video clips online, from tigers to turtles and elephants to sharks.
pageof160
01704381
Nigel Cattlin / Seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) feeding on Potato aphids (Macrosiphum euphorbiae) on a pink rose petal, UK.
01683722
Kim Taylor / Male Cockchafer beetle (Melolontha melolontha) unfolding its wings before taking off to fly away, Surrey, UK, May.
01675662
Solvin Zankl / Female Acorn weevil (Curculio glandium) boring into oak tree acorn to lay eggs, Lower Saxonian Elbe Valley Reserve, Germany, September.
01661774
Edwin Giesbers / RF - Cockchafer beetle (Melolontha melolontha). France. May. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
01661765
Edwin Giesbers / Common red soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) pair mating amongst flowers. The Netherlands. July.
01661762
Edwin Giesbers / Firefly (Lamprohiza splendidula) light trails in woodland at night, multiple exposure. The Netherlands. June.
01658640
Juergen Freund / Firefly (Lampyridae) trails on beach at night, Palm tree silhouetted against milky way. Oak Beach, Port Douglas, Far North Queensland, Australia. 2016.
01649798
Nick Upton / Seven-spot ladybird (Coccinnella septempunctata) just emerged from hibernation, sunning on a Honeysuckle leaf with buildings in the background, Wiltshire garden, UK, April.
01648830
Andy Sands / Acorn Weevil (Curculio glandium) portrait on an Oak leaf, Hertofrdshire, England, UK, April. Focus Stacked
01648560
Jan Hamrsky / Crawling water beetle (Berosus signaticollis), Europe, May, controlled conditions
01638853
Konrad Wothe / Firefly (Lamprohiza splendidula) light trails of males in forest, Bavaria, Germany. July.
01630824
Duncan Murrell / New Zealand giraffe weevil (Lasiorhynchus barbicornis), Lake Waikaremoana, North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand giraffe weevil is endemic to New Zealand and is its longest beetle in the world.
