Summer Photography Competition
In 2024 we ran our first photography competition, and were overwhelmed by the quality of the entries. There are clearly some avid bug fans out there with a great eye for photography! We will therefore be looking to make the competition an annual event - please sign up to our Snail eMail newsletter for updates.
Check out the gallery of winners and finalists below.
2026 WINNER – Wandering Sea Anemone (Phlyctenactis tuberculosa) by Milly Caley
2026 WINNER – Wandering Sea Anemone (Phlyctenactis tuberculosa) by Milly Caley
2026 WINNING JUNIOR IMAGE – Jumping Spider by Muda Gadzikwa
HIGHLY COMMENDED – Moulting cicada in Sydney by Pranav Joshi
HIGHLY COMMENDED – Jumping spider (Arasia mullion) in Sydney by Pranav Joshi
HIGHLY COMMENDED Junior entry – Brachymeria podagrica, a small native wasp by Rocky Di Sipio
HIGHLY COMMENDED Junior entry – The world of a Haswell's Crab, seen at ground level by Rocky Di Sipio
2025 WINNER - Katydid by Reeni Martinez
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Long tailed wasp (Megalyra rufipes) by Keith Martin-Smith
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Dragonfly by Robert Gardiner.
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Jumping Spider by Reeni Martinez
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Jellyfish by Robert Gardiner
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Tamopsis spider by David Davies
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Mantis fly by Laurence Sanders
2024 WINNER - Weevil by Tim Rudman
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Soldier Crab by Nina Page
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Blue Banded Bee by Louise Dark
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Blue Mountain Fireflies by Will Goodwin
HIGHLY COMMENDED - Dragonfly by Tim Rudman