World of Insects Calendar

Every year, the ESA World of Insects Calendar showcases the stunning beauty of insects and related arthropods through striking, world-class photography.

Photographs are selected by the ESA Committee on the Insect Calendar and must be of the highest aesthetic and technical quality. A call for photos is announced early in the year for the following year's calendar, which is published each year in November.

New: In 2021, ESA launched a weekly "Arthropod Photo of the Week" feature on social media, for which submitted photos may also be considered. Follow along with "Arthropod Photo of the Week" via the #arthropodPOTW hashtag on TwitterFacebook, Instagram, and Mastodon.

2024 Calendar: Sold Out


 

For the 2024 calendar, more than 729 photo entries were submitted from more than 180 photographers from around the globe. The 2024 cover photo features an elm zigzag sawfly Aproceros leucopoda, by Christian Brockes, Essen, North Rhine-Westfalia, Germany. 

The 2024 World of Insects Calendar has sold out. All proceeds from sales of the World of Insects Calendar directly benefit ESA's Chrysalis Fund, which fosters the future of entomology through grants for programs that teach kids about insect science. Learn more about the Chrysalis Fund. 
 

Call for Photos: CLOSED

The photo submission period for the 2024 World of Insects Calendar closed May 4, 2023. Bookmark this page to check for updates in 2024. 

Questions

For questions regarding the World of Insects Calendar, please contact Irene Nudd, ESA publications coordinator, at inudd@entsoc.org, or Joe Rominiecki, ESA manager of communications, at jrominiecki@entsoc.org.