Alex Wild curates a best photographs of the year list at http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/compound-eye/2013/12/31/compound-eye-readers-best-science-and-nature-photographs-of-2013/. Here’s my best photos of the year, arthropods only (no nature photographs, for that please go to the home page!). Okay, and one bird.
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Note the drop of honeydew the aphid is secreting for the benefit of the ant:
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A little spider hanky-panky:
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Nice photos. The last one (the jumping spider) is my favorite.
Thanks! I’ve been a huge fan of Beetles in the Bush for a long time, so your comment means a lot to me.