© Douglas Gimesy / cupoty.comSplash. Shortlisted in the Animals category. A grey-headed flying fox makes a high-speed belly-dip in a pool of water.© Clay Bolt / cupoty.comOrchid Bee Colombia. Insects.© Marek Pál / cupoty.comSharp Bend. Insects.© Roman Willi / cupoty.comFrog in the wall. Animals.© Donald Bolak / cupoty.comRose Thorns. Plants. A macro shot of a single rose thorn.© Nataliia Shinkevich / cupoty.comSunrise. Arachnids.© Jacqueline Kirk / cupoty.comIsland Hare. Animals. A hare, seen on a wet day at Havergate Island Nature Reserve in Suffolk, England.© Imre Potyo / cupoty.comLight Trap. Insects.© Jason McCombe / cupoty.comLichen Mantis. Invertebrate Portrait.© Hitomi Seki / cupoty.comCrystalline Purity. Intimate Landscape.© Barry Webb / cupoty.comMite Feeding on Slime Mold. Arachnids.© Minghui Yuan / cupoty.comHome on the Leaves. Butterflies & Dragonflies.© Turgay Uzer / cupoty.comThe Decisive Moment. Animals. This cormorant tossed this fish in the air for over an hour to get it set in the right orientation to swallow.© Andrei Chetronie / cupoty.comLeafcutter Bee. Invertebrate Portrait.© Darcy Santos / cupoty.comNocturnal Huntress. Arachnids.© Pavel Krásenský / cupoty.comHungry Springtails. Insects.© Csaba Daroczi / cupoty.comAfter the Rain. Intimate Landscape.© Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas / cupoty.comIt’s a Trap! Plants.© Laurent Hesemans / cupoty.comIn Bloom. Arachnids.To see the entire collection of this year’s shortlisted images, be sure to visit the Close-Up Photographer of the Year website.