Insect Photography Competition Winners

As part of our brand new Dragonfly Festival, we launched our first Insect Photography Competition, inviting visitors to discover the beauty and detail of the insect world through a lens.
The competition featured two categories, adult and junior, and we saw plenty of impressive submissions from delicate dragonflies to busy bees.
Take a look at our winners and runners-up of each category:
Adult winner:
Emma Smith
Adult runner-up:
Gary Gray
Junior winner:
Maisie Mawson

Junior runner-up:
Charlie Douglas
Congratulations to our winners and a huge thank you to everyone who took part. Your photos have captured the wonder of insects in truly inspiring ways.
All of our winners, runner-ups, and shortlisted entries will be on display from 6 September until the end of September in our Exhibition Hall.