Rod Williams / Black scavenger fly (Sepsis punctum) feeding on minute food particles off bramble leaf, Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, UK. October.

Jussi Murtosaari / Flies (Brachycera) on leaf, Parikkala, Etela-Karjala / South Karelia, Etela-Suomi / South Finland, Finland. June

Jussi Murtosaari / Fly (Brachycera) on Lily of the Valley berries, Parikkala, Etela-Karjala / South Karelia, Etela-Suomi / South Finland, Finland. September

Rick Tomlinson / Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta, April 2008.

Merryn Thomas / British Merchant Navy ensign on stern of passenger ferry leaving St. Martin's, Isles of Scilly, UK. May 2009.

Michael Pitts / Diver raising the Naval Ensign over the wreck of HMS Manchester, WWII British Cruiser that was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea after torpedo damage in 1942

Barry Bland / Finish ensign flying while sailing in the Finnish Archipelago, Finland.

Rick Tomlinson / Superyacht "Adele", sailing through the freezing waters of Spitsbergen in Norway's Arctic Circle, flies the Red Ensign. Non editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Onne van der Wal / Tall masts and stern detail of the classic yacht "Mariette" with the ensign and passarelle out, moored next to J-Class "Velsheda" in a harbour.

John Abbott / Blue-eyed ensign wasp (Evania appendigaster), parasite to cockroach eggs, Brackenridge Field Laboratory, Texas, USA. (Evaniidae).

John Abbott / Blue-eyed ensign wasp (Evania appendigaster), parasite to cockroach eggs, Brackenridge Field Laboratory, Texas, USA. (Evaniidae).