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Bug Week Photo Contest 2022 Winners!

Posted on September 26, 2022June 4, 2024 by Desch, Melanie

Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2023 Bug Week Photo Contest! We had a large turnout with 55 entries, and so many amazing photos to choose from. Winners will be receiving prizes in the mail shortly.

Senior Winners

First Place "The Broken Web" Zoey England
Second Place "Mattings" Enamul Kabir
Third Place "Australian Banded Digger Bees" Emily Bryan
Honorable Mention "Tasty To A Tanager" Merle Yoder
Honorable Mention "Busy As A Bee" Mary Newth
Honorable Mention "Love Fest" Loren Lewis
Honorable Mention "Tandem Pollination" Rachel Fiore

Junior Winners

Junior Contest First Place - The Laughing Caterpillar - Sarah Shive
Junior Contest Second Place - Bumble Bee - Avery Rogulski
Junior Contest Third Place - Happy Dragon - Cate McKenzie
Junior Contest Honorable Mention - Bee Work - Daniela Mei Atienza
Junior Contest Honorable Mention - Beleaf In Yourself! - Brooke Lariviere

All Entries

flying insect on purple flowers — Senior Entry – Visitor From Heaven – Beverly Mullen

bee on yellow flower — Senior Entry – They Were All Yellow – Amy Gousse

bumblebee on purple flower — Senior Entry – The Purple Flower and The Bumble Bee – Nicole Maskaitis

the daring dragonfly — Senior Entry – The Daring Dragonfly – Mary Corcoran

butterfly on purple flower — Senior Entry – Tandem Pollination – Rachel Fiore

butterfly on thistle — Senior Entry – Swallowtail on Thistle – Richard Mitchell

swallowtail on purple flower — Senior Entry – Swallowtail of Summer – Heidi Astrella

praying mantis perched on wood — Senior Entry – Stationary and Perched Praying Mantis – Charles Elias

butterfly resting on yellow flower — Senior Entry – Rest In Flower – Dheeraj Prajapati

butterfly on pink flower — Senior Entry – Peaceful Butterfly – Jessie Dautrich

butterfly on orange flower — Senior Entry – Orange on Orange – Cindy Curry

flying insect on orange flower — Senior Entry – Not Quite Camouflaged – Jill Benson

butterfly on white flower — Senior Entry – Monarch on Incarnata – Rich Meister

two bees on orange flower — Senior Entry – Meeting of the Minds – Andrea McKenzie

insect eating another insect — Senior Entry – Lunch Time! – Wafaa Haddad-Nesheiwat

butterfly on pink flower — Senior Entry – Little Tiger – Sharon Stone

flying insect on orange chair — Senior Entry – Karen – Veronica Snyder

spider on pink flower — Senior Entry – Hydrangea Spider – Michael Riley

flying insect on green plant stem — Senior Entry – How Wonderful Nature Is – Kavindi Premasiri

beetle walking — Senior Entry – Hey I’m Walking Here- Tony Ruggiero

green and back beetle on leaf — Senior Entry – Good In Green – Mayson Tapia

bee on white flower — Senior Entry – Getting Nectar – Cynthia Williams

bee on red flower — Senior Entry – Full Pockets – Leah Eldridge

fly eating on leaf — Senior Entry – Feast Upon! – Nirmala V

dragonfly — Senior Entry – Dragonfly Smiley Face – Ed Belensky

dragon shimmer on plant — Senior Entry – Dragon Shimmer – Kimberly Wolfe

orange and black insect — Senior Entry – Da Quest – QL Strachan

butterfly on white flower — Senior Entry – Daisy and Pearl – Coral Ruggiero

bee flying to land on purple flower — Senior Entry – Coming in For Landing – John Gradzik

dragonfly by the water — Senior Entry – Catching Some Rays – Melissa Deacon

butterfly on purple flower — Senior Entry – Butterfly at Blackledge Falls – Tessa Gianoni

bee on white and pink flower — Senior Entry – Busy Bee – Kristy Manning

insect with wings resting — Senior Entry – Bronze God – Jeffrey Fast

insect with wings on a green leaf — Senior Entry – Big Beautiful Eyes – David Silsbee

insect on white flowers — Senior Entry – Before The Transformation – Esther Walker

insect resting in the shade on a green leaf — Senior Entry – A Shady Character – Doreen McWhirter

ants moving down a stem — Senior Entry – Ant Farm – Katy Malon

insect on pink leaf with an ant — Senior Entry – Ant and Bug – Seto Wardono

butterfly on a red flower — Senior Entry – A Beautiful Guest in Our Garden – Atsuko Iso

yellow and black butterfly on a orange flower — Senior Entry – Wings Up! – Karen Pickles

A trichonephila inaurata, commonly known as a red-legged golden orb-weaver spider, works to remove debris and patch up their web following a heavy rainstorm. Photo taken 05 July 2022 in Pamplemousses, Mauritius. — First Place “The Broken Web” Zoey England

A female Scarlet Tanager with some type of wasp in its beak. — Honorable Mention “Tasty To A Tanager” Merle Yoder

Butterfly and Hummingbird Moth line up on the Butterfly Bush, East Haddam, Ct — Honorable Mention “Tandem Pollination” Rachel Fiore

red, white and black insect on the end of the leaf — Second Place “Mattings” Enamul Kabir

I was walking near a local pond when I saw this group bugs all "hugging" eachother — Honorable Mention “Love Fest” Loren Lewis

Bee in Thistle — Honorable Mention “Busy As A Bee” Mary Newth

Two Australian Banded-Digger bees (Amegilla cingulata) settling in for nights sleep. — Third Place “Australian Banded Digger Bees” Emily Bryan

two insects looking at each other — Junior Entry – Primary – Gianna Ruggiero

Two houseflies mating — Junior Entry – Housefly Mating – Thejaswi Ketham

dragonfly on metal straw — Junior Contest Third Place – Happy Dragon – Cate McKenzie

camper bug — Junior Entry – Camper Bug – Giuliana Pelkey

bumblebee holding onto a flower — Junior Contest Second Place – Bumble Bee – Avery Rogulski

green insect holding onto a green plant — Junior Contest Honorable Mention – Beleaf In Yourself! – Brooke Lariviere

bee on a yellow flower — Junior Contest Honorable Mention – Bee Work – Daniela Mei Atienza

dragonfly resting on someone's finger — Junior Entry – A Social Sight – Caleb Page

laughing caterpillar on branch — Junior Contest First Place – The Laughing Caterpillar – Sarah Shive