Honorable mentions in no particular order:

Arnie Peterschmidt

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Jola Dziubinska
Third place:

luxun54
I liked how the flower and butterfly were all in focus. It is hard to get all of a flower like that in focus without having a busy background.
Second place:

Walter Otto Koenig
This butterfly just pops - it almost seems like it is floating above the background.
First place:

Markus Grompe
I loved the colors of this very interesting Japanese Tiger Bug. Very nicely captured.