Insects, with all their intricacies ... Here are six of New Scientist's favourite winning photos. A wavy-lined emerald moth (Synchlora aerata) – named for the symmetrical white lines that ...

All insects belong to the phylum Arthropoda. But unlike other arthropods—like lobsters, spiders, or millipedes—insects have three pairs of jointed legs, segmented bodies, an exoskeleton ...

A self-taught photographer has been capturing the "alien world" of insects. Lee Frost, from Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, said he liked taking the macro images "of what's just around us".

Insect Week runs from 19 to 25 June and you can find out more details or enter the new photographic competition on their website. This is a selection of the pictures that caught the judges' eye.