Dave Watts / Red backed shrike male {Lanius collurio} at its larder with butterfly + lizard impaled on shrub. Pyrenees, France
01038493
Jose B. Ruiz / Great grey shrike with impaled mouse prey which it is dismembering to feed to chicks. Spain
01038502
Dietmar Nill / Great grey shrike with impaled frog prey, Germany
01585439
Phil Savoie / Common spiny digger wasp (Oxybelus uniglumis), carrying prey to nest, impaled on stinger, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, August.
01585433
Phil Savoie / Common spiny digger wasp (Oxybelus uniglumis), carrying prey to nest, impaled on stinger, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, August.
01585428
Phil Savoie / Common spiny digger wasp (Oxybelus uniglumis), carrying fly prey to nest burrow, impaled on stinger, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, August.
01585422
Phil Savoie / Common spiny digger wasp (Oxybelus uniglumis), carrying fly prey to nest burrow, impaled on stinger, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, August.
01585405
Phil Savoie / Common spiny digger wasp (Oxybelus uniglumis), carrying fly prey back to nest burrow impaled on stinger, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK,
01538980
Andy Sands / Digger wasp (Oxybelus uniglumis) wasp shown returning to her burrow with paralysed fly impaled on her sting a characteristic of this species, Cornwall, England, UK, June
01538970
Andy Sands / Digger wasp (Oxybelus uniglumis) wasp shown returning to her burrow with paralysed fly impaled on her sting a characteristic of this species, Cornwall, England, UK, June
01489479
Nick Upton / Blue tit (Parus caeruleus) perched on half an apple impaled on a stick, Swindon, Wiltshire, UK, February.
01489478
Nick Upton / Blue tit (Parus caeruleus) feeding on half an apple impaled on a stick, Swindon, Wiltshire, UK, February.
01426603
Gavin Hellier / Impaled Chinese scorpions (Mesobuthus martensii) for sale in Wangfujing street market, Beijing, China, 2011.
00535694
Duncan Usher / Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor) with vole prey impaled on thorn, Germany
00526962
Alan Murphy / Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) with impaled mouse prey on branch, Texas
00521985
Duncan Usher / Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor) feeding on impaled European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) prey on thorn bush branch, Germany
00521984
Duncan Usher / Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor) feeding on impaled mouse prey on thorn bush branch, Germany
00521983
Duncan Usher / Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor) with impaled mouse prey on thorn bush branch, Germany
01307424
Nick Upton / Common / Long Water Measurer (Hydrometra stagnorum) on water surface, with Springtail prey impaled on its sucking rostrum. Wiltshire, UK, April.
01303501
Laurent Geslin / Rose-ringed / Ring-necked Parakeet (Psittacula krameri) feeding on fallen apple impaled on a branch, urban park, London, England, UK, November.
01303500
Laurent Geslin / Rose-ringed / Ring-necked Parakeet (Psittacula krameri) feeding on fallen apple impaled on a branch, urban park, London, England, UK, November.
01193271
Michel Poinsignon / Great grey shrike (Lanius excubitor) with mouse prey impaled on barbed wire, Lorraine, France
01193270
Michel Poinsignon / Great grey shrike (Lanius excubitor) with mouse prey impaled on barbed wire, Lorraine, France
01117620
Richard Du Toit / Beetle impaled on barbed wire, larder of Fiscal shrike {Lanius callaris} South Africa
01117621
Richard Du Toit / Grasshopper impaled on barbed wire, larder of Fiscal shrike {Lanius callaris} South Africa
01100186
Dave Watts / Red backed shrike male {Lanius collurio} at its larder with butterfly + lizard impaled on shrub. France Pyrenees
01038492
Jose B. Ruiz / Great grey shrike (Lanius excubitor) with impaled prey. Spain, Europe
00630150
Richard Du Toit / Insect impaled on barbed wire, Mpumalanga, Highveld, South Africa
01038495
Jose B. Ruiz / Great grey shrike with impaled prey (Lanius excubitor) dismembering mouse to feed to chicks, Spain
01713553
Nick Upton / Common pond skater / Water strider (Gerris lacustris) on surface of garden pond with Whitefly (Aleyrodidae) prey impaled on its rostrum, Wiltshire, UK. June.
01713552
Nick Upton / Common pond skater / Water strider (Gerris lacustris) on surface of garden pond with Bluebottle (Calliphora vomitoria) prey impaled on its rostrum, Wiltshire, UK. June.
01710351
Andy Sands / Common spiny-digger wasp (Oxybelus uniglumis), female, dragging paralysed fly impaled on its sting back to burrow. Cornwall, England, UK. July
01668912
Hermann Brehm / Great Grey shrike (Lanius excubitor) with mouse, prey impaled on thorn, Germany
