Morley Read / Lantern fly (Fulgora laternaria) walking along a branch in the rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Dave Bevan / Slow motion clip of a Jay (Garrulus glandarius) feeding from a peanut string during a snowstorm, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, November.

Philippe Clement / Jackdaw (Corvus monedula) pulling up a peanut string to feed, Belgium

Konrad Wothe / Lantern bugs (Fulgora laternaria) on tree trunk, Panguana Reserve, Peru.

Laurent Geslin / Blue tit (Parus caeruleus) feeding from peanut feeder. Switzerland.

Kim Taylor / Yellow-necked Mice (Apodemus flavicollis) feeding on peanut bird feeder at night. Surrey, UK

Kim Taylor / Great Tit (Parus major) flying off with a peanut. UK, Digital composite

Nick Upton / Great tit (Parus major) lands on a bird feeder, drops a peanut and flies off with another, Gloucestershire, England, UK, April.

Dave Bevan / Willow tit (Poecile montanus) feeding from a peanut feeder, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, March.

Doug Wechsler / Peanuthead bug / Lanternfly (Fulgora lateneria) Copalinga, Ecuador.

Doug Wechsler / Peanut butter mill, Ecuador, February 2017.

Dave Bevan / Jay (Garrulus glandarius) feeding from a peanut string during a snow storm, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, December.

Lucas Bustamante / Peanut-headed lanternfly (Fulgora laternaria) Yasuni National Park, Orellana, Ecuador.

Dave Bevan / Jay (Garrulus glandarius) and Great tit (Parus major) feeding from a peanut string, with a Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) nearby, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, February.

Dave Bevan / Male Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) feeding from a peanut string, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, January.

Philippe Clement / Jackdaw (Corvus monedula) pulling up a peanut string to feed, Belgium

Philippe Clement / Jackdaw (Corvus monedula) pulling up a peanut string to feed, Belgium

Dave Bevan / Male Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) feeding from a peanut feeder, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, January.

Dave Bevan / Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) jumping from a branch to a peanut feeder and back again, disturbing a group of feeding tits, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, January.

Dave Bevan / Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) jumping from a branch to a peanut feeder and back again, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, January.

Dave Bevan / Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) feeding from a dislodged peanut feeder, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, December.

Dave Bevan / Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) feeding from a dislodged peanut feeder, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, December.

Dave Bevan / Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) feeding from a peanut feeder in the rain, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, December.

Dave Bevan / Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) feeding from a peanut feeder in the rain, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, December.

Dave Bevan / Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) hanging upside down whilst eating from a string of unshelled peanuts, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, November.

Dave Bevan / Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) hanging upside down whilst eating from a string of unshelled peanuts, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, November.

Dave Bevan / Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) trying to remove a string of peanuts from a bird table, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, November.

Dave Bevan / Blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) feeding from a peanut feeder, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, November.

Dave Bevan / Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) feeding on unshelled stringed peanuts from a bird table, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, November.

Dave Bevan / Blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) fighting over unshelled peanuts on a string, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, November.

Daniel Heuclin / Sumatran woman with tray of peanuts drying, Sumatra July 2016.

Nick Upton / Lizzie Croose setting up a "jiggler" filled with peanut butter by a trap set for Pine martens (Martes martes), in the hope one will stand up to reveal the individual pattern on its chest in trailcam r...

Philippe Clement / Garden gnome and Great tit (Parus major) feeding on peanut butter from bird feeder, Belgium, May.

Ann & Steve Toon / Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) male on peanut feeder, Northumberland, UK, March

Ernie Janes / Great tit (Parus major) on peanut feeder, England, UK, February.

Ernie Janes / Long tailed tit (Aegiyhalos caudatus) on peanut feeder, England, UK, February.

Cyril Ruoso / Peanuts (Arachis hypogaea) drying on the ground in Baka farm camp, the Baka lifestyle is becoming more sedentary with farming more common, South East Cameroon, July 2008.

Nick Upton / Jackdaw (Corvus monedula) perched on a bird feeder with a peanut in its beak, Gloucestershire, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Jackdaw (Corvus monedula) perched on a bird feeder with a peanut in its beak, Gloucestershire, UK, April.

Konrad Wothe / Lantern bug (Fulgora laternaria) Tambopata river, Tambopata National Reserve, Peru.

Nick Upton / Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) burying Peanut given to it by tourist in lawn, being watched by Carrion crow (Corvus corone) who will then steal the cache later, St.James's Park, London, UK, Sep...

Nick Upton / Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) burying Peanut given to it by tourist in lawn, being watched by Carrion crow (Corvus corone) who will then steal the cache later, St.James's Park, London, UK, Sep...

Nick Upton / Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) on lawn biting into Peanut shell given to it by tourist, St.James's Park, London, UK, September.

Konrad Wothe / Lantern Bugs (Fulgora laternaria) camouflaged on tree trunk in rainforest at Tambopata river, Tambopata National Reserve, Peru, South America.

MYN / Piotr Naskrecki / Peanut bug (Fulgora sp.) Costa Rica. meetyourneighbours.net project

Ben Lascelles / Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus) with Peanut in mouth pouch, Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada. October

Tom Vezo / Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) carrying peanut, Long Island, New York

Nick Upton / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) digging out a peanut it watched a squirrel burying in lawn, with courting couple in the background, St. James's Park, London, UK, January.

Nick Upton / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) approaching Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) eating peanut given to it by a tourist, St. James's Park, London, UK, January.

Nick Upton / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) walking with a shelled peanut thrown by a tourist, St. James's Park, London, UK, January.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Carrion crow (Corvus corone) digging up a peanut it saw a squirrel bury in lawn; with courting couple in the background, St. James's Park, London, UK, January.

Laurie Campbell / Two Long-tailed tits (Aegithalos caudatus) on peanut feeder in garden, Berwickshire, Scotland, March

Laurie Campbell / Blue tit (Parus caeruleus) on peanut feeder, Berwickshire, Scotland, February

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) at woodland pool, feeding on nut, Scotland, UK, November. Highly commended, 'Animal Portraits' category, British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition 2012.

Ernie Janes / Great tit (Parus major) juveniles on peanut feeder, Norfolk, UK, June

Ernie Janes / Four Blue tit (Parus caeruleus) juveniles on peanut feeder, Norfolk, UK, June

Ernie Janes / Long Tailed Tits (Aegithalos caudatus) on peanut feeder. UK, April.

Ernie Janes / Long Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus) on peanut feeder. UK, April.

Nature Production / Cross section through soil showing Peanut (Arachis hypogaea) plant nuts underground, Japan, sequence 2/2

Nature Production / Cross section through soil showing Peanut (Arachis hypogaea) nuts growing underground, Japan

Nature Production / Cross section through soil showing Peanut (Arachis hypogaea) plant roots, Japan, sequence 1/2

Florian Möllers / Woman feeding Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) by hand with a peanut, cemetery "In den Kisseln", Berlin, Germany, NOvember 2008

Ernie Janes / African grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus) captive, feeding, holding peanut with claw, Endangered species

David Kjaer / Hairy woodpecker (Picoides villosus) on peanut feeder Kentucky, USA

Stephen Dalton / Two Blue tits (Parus caeruleus) on peanut feeder in garden, displaying aggressive behaviour towards incoming bird. UK

Stephen Dalton / Two Blue tits (Parus caeruleus) on peanut feeder in garden, UK

Alan Williams / Male Siskin (Carduelis spinus) on peanut feeder, North Wales, UK, March.

Claudio Contreras / Peanut-head bug (Fulgora laternaria) defense display showing eye spots on hind wings, El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Tamaulipas, northeast Mexico, August

Claudio Contreras / Peanut-head bug (Fulgora laternaria) El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Tamaulipas, northeast Mexico, August

Stephen Dalton / Blue tits {Parus caeruleus} feeding from garden peanut feeder, UK

Stephen Dalton / Three Blue tits {Parus caeruleus} and one Great tit {Parus major} feeding on garden peanut feeder, UK

David Shale / Deepsea Sipunculid / Peanut worm {Golfingia sp} 2750m, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Peanut worm (Golfingia sp) Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Deepsea Sipunculid / Peanut worm {Golfingia sp} Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

Steve Knell / Siskin (Cardeulis spinus) male on red peanut bag, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, April

Andy Sands / Jay (Garrulus glandarius) burying peanut in garden lawn, Hertfordshire, England

Duncan Usher / Great Tit (Parus major) flying with peanut, Lower Saxony, Germany

Roger Powell / Long-tailed Tit {Aegithalos caudatus} feeding on peanut feeder, Northumberland, UK

Kim Taylor / Yellow-necked Mice (Apodemus flavicollis) feeding on peanut bird feeder at night, Surrey, UK

Kim Taylor / Yellow-necked Mouse (Apodemus flavicollis) reaching up for peanut bird feeder at night. Surrey, UK

Kim Taylor / Yellow-necked Mice (Apodemus flavicollis) feeding on peanut bird feeder at night. Surrey, UK

Roger Powell / Red squirrel {Sciurus vulgaris} eating peanut on branch, Northumberland, UK

Kim Taylor / Great Tits (Parus major) in flight with peanut in beak, digital composite, Surrey, UK

PREMAPHOTOS / Peanut / Peanuthead bug {Fulgora laternaria} on the trunk of its host tree with wings open in defensive 'startle display', Tropical dry forest, Costa Rica

Nature Production / Peanut-head Bug / Lantern fly {Fulgora / Laternaria laternaria) defense display showing its eye spots on hind wings, Costa Rica

Roger Powell / Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) feeding on peanut holder for birds, Northumberland, UK

Roger Powell / Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) hanging on peanut feeder for birds, Northumberland, UK

Jane Burton / Two Grey Squirrels climbing on squirrel-proof peanut holder.

WILLIAM OSBORN / Great spotted woodpecker {Dendrocopos major} male feeding on a peanut feeder, Wilts, UK

Brian Lightfoot / Red squirrel {Sciurus vulgaris} on bird peanut feeder, Aviemore, Scotland, UK

David Kjaer / Great spotted woodpecker on feeder {Dendrocopus major} Wiltshire, England

Tom Vezo / Blue jay feeds on peanut {Cyanocitta cristata} Long Is, USA

David Kjaer / Great tit on feeder {Parus major} Wiltshire, UK

George McCarthy / European nuthatch with peanut on tree trunk, UK

Mike Beynon / Blue tit moves matchstick to get peanut

TJ Rich / Blue tit on garden peanut feeder {Parus caeruleus} Wiltshire England UK