The competition was stiff this year, with nearly 25,000 votes cast for the 21 nominees, but which bug came out on top?

There are also kamikaze insects with explosive backpacks that blow themselves up in French Guiana, and the world's cutest insect, which looks like a panda, can be found in Central and South ...

As naturalist, author and "Bug Chef Extraordinaire" David George Gordon tells the Telegraph, "Insects are the most valuable, underused and delicious animals in the world." Here are a few countries ...