Entrants were asked to interpret the theme of friendship, and the flies inspired the 14-year-old, who used a macro lens for his shot.
‘Both had been infected by a fungal parasite, which makes them fly up to a high point, latch their mouths onto it and then release spores,’ he said.
‘I thought it represented the idea of friendship through death and hard times.’
Sylvia Glencross, 13, won the intermediate photography category with an image from an impromptu photo shoot with friends at her home.
She found out she had won only when she visited the George Crossan Gallery, where this year’s entries are on display.
‘I just broke down – I had no idea I’d won,’ she said.
In the art section, Chloe Greenfield took the junior title, and Chloe Gregor won the intermediate category.
Jannine Birtwistle from the Guernsey Rotary Club’s youth opportunities team said she was delighted with the standard.
‘The pieces that we’ve got here are incredible, and I’ve got my fingers very, very firmly crossed in the hope that all four category winners will go to the district rounds,’ she said.
Whether any of them reach the national finals will not be known until June 2027.
Plans for next year’s art competition have yet to be announced. In the meantime, the club is holding a Young Chef competition in January, and the Rotary Young Musician competition is pencilled in for the autumn.