Martin Dohrn / African driver / Siafu / Safari ant biting {Dorylus/ Anomma speciess). Species is non-stinging, but jaws can tear human flesh. East Africa

Nick Upton / Pair of Flesh Flies (Sarcophaga sp.) mating, Wiltshire pastureland, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Flesh fly (Sarcophaga sp.) "bubbling" regurgitated stomach contents in order to increase the concentration of its food by evaporating excessive water content. Wiltshire, UK, September.

Nick Upton / Flesh fly (Sarcophaga sp.) "bubbling" regurgitated stomach contents in order to increase the concentration of its food by evaporating excessive water content. Wiltshire, UK, September.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Varesvuo / Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) lifting leg with small piece of flesh on beak, Extremadura, Spain, April 2009

John B Free / Honey Bee stinging human (Apis mellifera)

John Downer / Bedbug {Cimex lectularius} on human flesh

John Downer / Bedbug {Cimex lectularius} on human flesh (photographer's finger). Model-released.

Brent Stephenson / Flesh-footed shearwater (Puffinus carneipes) in flight low over the water off Kaikoura, Canterbury, New Zealand.

Kim Taylor / Grey flesh fly (Sarcophaga bullata) feeding on Yarrow flowers, Surrey, England, August

Brent Stephenson / Flesh-footed shearwater (Puffinus carneipes) in flight showing the underwing and flesh-coloured feet, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand, November.

Nick Upton / African flesh fly (Sarcophaga africa) drinking water near beach shower, Samos, Greece.

Nick Upton / African flesh fly (Sarcophaga africa) sunning on beach pebble in sunset light, Samos, Greece, August.

Rod Williams / Flesh fly (Sarcophaga bercaea) on leaf, South London, UK, August

Rod Williams / Flesh fly (Sarcophaga carnaria) on fallen leaf, South London, UK, August

Rod Williams / Flesh fly (Sarcophaga sp) on leaf, South London, UK, October

Rod Williams / Flesh fly (Sarcophaga carnaria) grooming, South London, UK, August

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Flesh fly (Sarcophaga sp.) basking in the sun on a garden hedge leaf, Wiltshire, England, UK, April . Property released.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Flesh fly (Sarcophaga sp.) basking in sun on a garden hedge leaf, Wiltshire, England, UK, April . Property released.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Flesh fly (Sarcophaga sp.) basking in the sun on a garden hedge leaf, Wiltshire, England, UK, April . Property released.

Chien Lee / Safari Ant (Dorylus laevigatus) guards protecting workers removing flesh off animal carcass, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Safari Ant (Dorylus laevigatus) guards protecting workers removing flesh off animal carcass, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

MYN / Piotr Naskrecki / Flesh fly (Sarcophagidae) profile, Concord, Massachusetts, USA, June. meetyourneighbours.net project

B&S Draker / Flesh fly (Sarcophaga sp.) feeding on Stinkhorn mushroom (Phallaceae) (Clathraceae). Sinton, Corpus Christi, Coastal Bend, Texas, USA, March.

Nick Upton / Female Nursery Web Spider (Pisaura mirabilis) with Flesh fly (Sarcophaga sp.) prey it has wrapped in silk on Honeysuckle leaves. Wiltshire garden, UK, May.

Ernie Janes / Gadfly (Tabanus bromius) biting flesh on human, UK

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunter flensing (removing blubber from) dead Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) near Qeqertat, Northwest Greenland, 1985. 40 BELOW bookplate.

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Torresian Crow (Corvus orru) with piece of road-killed kangaroo flesh in beak, Northern Territory, Australia

Brent Stephenson / Flesh-footed Shearwater (Puffinus carneipes) in flight low over the sea showing the upperwing. Off North Cape, New Zealand, April.

Brent Stephenson / Flesh-footed Shearwater (Puffinus carneipes) in flight low over the sea, cutting the water with its wingtip. Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand, October.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Grey wolf (Canis lupus) feeding on carcass in the snow. Montana, USA.

Nick Upton / Flesh fly (Sarcophaga sp) feeding on Ivy flowers (Hedera helix), Wiltshire garden, UK, September

Nick Upton / Flesh fly (Sarcophaga sp) with pollen dusted thorax, feeding on Ivy flowers (Hedera helix) with extended proboscis sponging up nectar with disc like labellum, Wiltshire garden, UK, September

Nick Upton / Flesh fly (Sarcophaga sp.) feeding on Ivy flowers (Hedera helix), using proboscis to take nectar, Wiltshire garden, UK, September

Toby Roxburgh / Scientist from the Welsh Marine Environmental Monitoring team dissecting the carcass of a Sowerby's Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon bidens) washed up on a beach in order to try to help determine the cause of...

Toby Roxburgh / Scientists from the Welsh Marine Environmental Monitoring team dissecting the carcass of a Sowerby's Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon bidens) washed up on a beach in order to try to help determine the cause o...

Charlie Summers / Robber / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) feeding on coconut flesh, Christmas Island, Australia, Indian Ocean, November. Sequence 3/3

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Nenet herders drinking blood after killing Reindeer / Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) for food. Yamal, Siberia, Russia, 1993.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Khanty and Forest Nenets women eating raw Reindeer / Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) meat. Numto, Khanty Mansiysk, Western Siberia, Russia, 2000.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Nenets boy eating raw Reindeer / Caribou meat. Yamal, Siberia, Russia, 1993.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Nenets boy eating raw Reindeer / Caribou meat with a sharp knife. Yamal, Siberia, Russia, 1993.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Nenets herders gathering round to eat from the carcass of a Reindeer / Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) they have killed for food. Yamal, Siberia, Russia, 1993.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Reindeer / Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) carcasses from an autumn cull hanging at herders' camp. Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, Russia, 2001.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Chukchi woman butchering Ringed seal (Phoca hispida) on kitchen floor. Uelen, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Table of traditional North Greenlandic foods: Greenland Halibut, Mattaq (Narwhal skin), eider duck eggs, dried narwhal meat, Arctic char, boiled seal meat & dried polar cod, Thule, Northwest Greenlan...

Nick Upton / Flesh Fly (Sarcophaga sp.) portrait, sunbasking on a leaf, Wiltshire, UK, April.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunters butchering Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) and loading meat onto sled. Northwest Greenland, 1980.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunters at floe edge with Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) meat from hunting trip. Siorapaluk, Northwest Greenland, 1977.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunters eating Clams from stomach of Walrus(Odobenus rosmarus). Siorapaluk. Northwest Greenland, 1977

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunters butchering Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus). Siorapaluk, Northwest Greenland, 1977.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit trimming Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) meat for drying on meat rack. Qaanaaq, Northwest Greenland.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunters butchering Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) at floe edge. Qaanaaq, Northwest Greenland.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Strips of Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) meat drying on meat rack. Qaanaaq, Northwest Greenland.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunter feeding raw seal meat to his Huskies (Canis familiaris). Northwest Greenland

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunters butchering Narwhal (Monodon monoceros). The skin, a great source of vitamins, is a delicacy. Northwest Greenland, 1980.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunters butchering Narwhal (Monodon monoceros). Northwest Greenland, 1980.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunters butchering Narwhal (Monodon monoceros). Northwest Greenland, 1980.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit hunter skinning Ringed seal (Phoca hispida). Northwest Greenland, 1980.

Russell Cooper / Flesh Fly (Sarcophaga carnaria) portrait at rest on grass stem, South London, England, UK

Tim Laman / Borneo tiger leech (Haemadipsa picta) feeding on human skin, Gunung Palung National Park, Borneo, West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Tim Laman / Orangutan researcher, Cheryl Knott, cleans the skeleton of a male Orangutan who died a natural death in the forest, and was hung on a platform off the ground until insects cleaned off the flesh. The s...

Nick Upton / Portrait of a Flesh fly (Sarcophaga sp.) cleaning a wing with its back legs. Wiltshire garden, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Flesh fly (Sarcophaga sp.) sun basking on a leaf. Wiltshire garden, UK, June.

Stephen Dalton / Fleshfly (Sarcophaga carnaria) on blackberry, England, UK.

Stephen Dalton / Blowfly / Bluebottle (Calliphoridae) laying egg in fish flesh, UK

Peter Cairns / naturepl.com / Deer stalker butchering and processing Red deer {Cervus elaphus} hind as part of controlled cull, Glenfeshie, Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK, June 2008

Stephen Dalton / Green meadow spider (Micrommata virescens) with flesh fly prey, UK, Sparassidae

Nick Upton / Flesh fly (Sarcophaga carnaria) feeding on sugary excretions from aphids on a rose leaf, garden, Wiltshire, UK

Nick Upton / Flesh fly (Sarcophaga carnaria) sun basking on a leaf, garden, Wiltshire, UK

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) pulling flesh from sheep carcass, Montejo de la Vega, Segovía, Castilla and Leon, Spain, March 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Elander / Two Griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus) pulling at flesh, Serra de Beumort, Gerri de la Sal, Catalonia, Spain, November 2008

Mark Brownlow / Young men searing their body scars with heat after the initiation ceremony in which scars are cut into their flesh to represent the men being swallowed by a crocodile and reborn as crocodile-men, Papu...

Mark Brownlow / Young men after the initiation ceremony in which scars are cut into the flesh to represent the men being swallowed by a crocodile and reborn as crocodile-men, Papua New Guinea, August 2007

Mark Brownlow / Young man at initiation ceremony in which scars are cut into his flesh to represent being swallowed by a crocodile and reborn as a crocodile-man, Papua New Guinea, September 2007

Mark Brownlow / Young men searing their body scars with heat after the initiation ceremony in which scars are cut into their flesh to represent the men being swallowed by a crocodile and reborn as crocodile-men, Papu...

Mark Brownlow / Washing the wounds of young man who has recently been through the initiation ceremony in which his flesh is wounded to create scars that represent being swallowed by a crocodile and re-born as a croco...

Mark Brownlow / Scars on the back of a young man who has been through initiation ceremony when his flesh is wounded to create scars that represent being swallowed by a crocodile and re-born as a crocodile-man, Papua...

Mark Brownlow / Young men searing their body scars with heat after the initiation ceremony in which scars are cut into their flesh to represent the men being swallowed by a crocodile and reborn as crocodile-men, Papu...

Staffan Widstrand / Chuckchi hunters stripping flesh off hunted Grey whale {Eschrichtius robustus} Chukotka, Siberia, Russia, 1996.

Staffan Widstrand / Chuckchi hunter stripping flesh off hunted Grey whale {Eschrichtius robustus} Chukotka, Siberia, Russia, 1996.

Philippe Clement / Cross-section of Chinese Gooseberry / Kiwi fruit (Actinidia chinensis) showing fruit flesh and seeds, native to China, New Zealand

Mike Potts / Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) extracting flesh from a Mussel (Mytilus edulis) Rhos Point, Colwyn Bay, North Wales, UK

Mike Potts / Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) extracting flesh from a Mussel (Mytilus edulis) Rhos Point, Colwyn Bay, North Wales, UK

Mike Potts / Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) extracting flesh from a Mussel (Mytilus edulis) Rhos Point, Colwyn Bay, North Wales, UK

Mike Potts / Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) extracting flesh from Mussel (Mytilus edulis) Rhos Point, Colwyn Bay, North Wales, UK

Mike Potts / Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) extracting flesh from a Mussel (Mytilus edulis) Rhos Point, Colwyn Bay, North Wales, uk

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Antarctic Skua (Catharacta antarctica) pecking torn flesh on bloody nose of Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) bull wounded during fight for access to females, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Is...

Albert Aanensen / Stinkhorn fungus {Aseroe rubra} with flies attracted to flesh, New Zealand

Nature Production / Cross-section of a Grape {Vitis sp} showing fruit flesh and seeds, Japan

John Downer / Bedbug (Cimex lectularius) on human flesh

Mike Potts / Flesh-footed Shearwater (Puffinus carneipes) in flight, Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand

Kim Taylor / Grey Flesh Fly {Sarcophaga carnaria} feeding on Common hogweed {Heracleum sphondylium} Europe.

Ross Hoddinott / Flesh-flies {Sarcophaga carnaria} mating, Dunsdon DWT reserve, near Holsworthy, Devon, UK.

Doug Allan / Inuit taking flesh off hunted Narwhal, Lancaster Bay, Canadian Arctic

Kim Taylor / Grey Flesh Fly (Sarcophaga carnaria) resting on bark. UK

Kim Taylor / Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) with Grey Flesh Fly prey, UK.