2025 Pollinator Photography Competition Winners

Congratulations to all the winners and runners-up of this year's competition.

Open Winner

Dysfunctional Family 2
by Craig Loechel
Nomia aurantifer

Open 2nd Place

Teddy bear bee, Amegilla (Asaropoda) bedtime
by Casey Forster
Male Teddy bear bees, Amegilla (Asaropoda) bedtime

Open 3rd Place

Pollination can be dangerous to the pollinator!
by Erica Siegel
Mosquito, Toxorhynchites speciosus, feeding on Parsonsia straminea, with an Assassin Bug, Reduviidae, poised to strike.

Special Mention

By Marianne Broug
Male banded Amegilla, Amegilla chlorocyanea, on Lavender

Open People’s Choice

Just hanging around
by Connie Rac
Nomia aurantifer, male congregation

Secondary School Winner

Botanical Exploration
by Ellie Wright
European honey bee, Apis mellifera
UCSSC Lake Ginninderra College (ACT) – Year 12

Primary School Winner

Hover fly with white flowers
by Annabella Moxey
Hover fly, Syrphidae, on white flower
Arcadia Vale Public (NSW) – Year 6