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The annual photography competition devoted to close-up, macro and micro shots has announced its winning image, taken by Galice Hoarau, a French professor of marine molecular ecology. His

night-time shot of an eel larva won CUPOTY, and was chosen from more than 6,000 entries from 52 countries. Here is a selection of the best

Sarah Gilbert

Main image: A swimming toad. Photograph: Mathieu Foulquie Wed 30 Sep 2020 10.00 CEST

First in the animals section and overall winner of the competition was this shot of an eel larva off the coast of Indonesia during a blackwater dive. Photograph: Galice Hoarau

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Photographed during a night walk through the Kubah national park on the island of Borneo, a cat gecko, which gets its name from the way it curls up its

tail to cover itself while sleeping. Photograph: Bernhard Schubert

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Butterflies feasting on the nectar of carefully composed flowers in France. Photograph: Emelin Dupieux

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Shot on a smartphone, an amazingly detailed microshot of a glassworm. Photograph: Andrei Savitsky

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Oil droplets on water combine in a striking abstract image. Photograph: Mirka van Renswoude

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter A raft spider skimming across a marshy pool in search of prey in Plesheevo Lake national park, Russia. Photograph: Svetlana Ivanenko

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter A bufo bufo, or common toad, spotted swimming close to the surface at Buèges spring in Occitania, France. Photograph: Mathieu Foulquie

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Ice crystals formed when moisture became trapped inside a faulty thermopane window. Photograph: Edwin Giesbers

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter A lava flow erupting at the feet of the photographer during a trek across the Kalapana lava field in Hawaii. Photograph: Mark James Ford

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Water scorpions in silhouette, backlit by torches. Photograph: Juan Gonzalez

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter A pool ingeniously filled with clear water in the middle of Lake Kerniki in Greece enabled this shot of feeding pelicans. Photograph: Bence Mate

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter A spider in a swamp at the Turjanos nature reserve in Hungary. Photograph: Csaba Daroczi

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