Finalist Photo: Leaf-footed bug (aka, assassin bug) photographed in The Republic of Panama.
Photographer: Blake Spurlin, service coordinator, Truly Nolen, Jacksonville, Fla.
Finalist Photo: Blow fly on a milkweed flower at the University of Missouri Extension Center in St. Peters, Mo.
Photographer: Bob Richardson, McCarthy Pest and Termite Control, St. Charles, Mo.
Finalist Photo: Spiketail Dragonfly (Cordulegastridae)
Photographer: Ben Harl, Cardinal Professional Products
Finalist Photo: A giant robber fly that is taking advantage of a damp wood termite swarm.
Photographer: Jack Scarbrough, service manager, Pest Tech, Florence, Ore.
Finalist Photo: Garden orb spider eating a cicada in a backyard.
Amber Carr, Mares Exterminating, Poquoson, Va.
Finalist Photo: Green lynx spider with egg sac.
Photographer: Mark VanderWerp, manager of education and training, Rose Pest Solutions, Troy, Mich.
Finalist Photo: Honey bees (Apis mellifera) on a honeycomb.
Photographer: Courtney Powell, marketing director, Gregory Pest Solutions, Greenville, S.C.
WINNING PHOTO: NOMTRCB’s James Beck wins $500 from PCT for his photo of the beetle Strategus aloeus.
Photographer: James Beck, NOMTRCB
Finalist Photo: A praying mantis photographed at Turner Pest Control's Jacksonville, Fla., office.
Photographer: Wade Wilson, CPC branch manager, Turner Pest Control
Finalist Photo: A mosquito with no common name but the species name is Sabethes cyaneus. It is part of colony at the Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District Laboratories
Photographer: Stephen Doggett, director of the Department of Medical Entomology at Westmead Hospital in Sydney, Australia
Finalist Photo: Two Camponotus ants tending a tree hopper (Membracidae) on a leaf.
Photographer: Ed Freytag, New Orleans Mosquito, Termite, and Rodent Control Board
