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Each summer, wasps in the UK capture about 14 million kilogrammes of insects such as caterpillars and greenfly, making them important friends to gardeners.

Social wasps are predators and as such they play a vital ecological role, controlling the numbers of potential pests like greenfly and many caterpillars.

Aphids - such as greenfly and blackfly - damage plants by sucking nutrients from their sap, and can also introduce plant viruses.

Each of these bumps contain lenses, which work together to form a greenfly's eye.

From a greenfly's eye, to a curved human spine - they showcase the best in science imaging techniques.