Christophe Courteau / West African giraffes {Giraffa camelopardis peralta} in millet plantation Sahel, Niger.

Christophe Courteau / West African giraffe {Giraffe camelopardis peralta} in local village. Sahel, Niger.

Edwin Giesbers / House Mouse (Mus musculus) peering through hole in cheese. Captive.

Stephen Dalton / Domestic cat (Felis catus) watching House mouse (Mus musculus) appear from under furniture, UK, controlled conditions

Michael Durham / Red Imported Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta), also known as RIFA, worker portrait, highly invasive introduced species, Texas

Mark Bowler,Mark Bowler / Dead Houseflies {Musca domesticus} and Bluebottle flies {Calliphora vomitaria}, UK

Mark Bowler / Housefly {Musca domestica}

Michael Durham / Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) raiding urban garbage, common pest species native to Europe, introduced worldwide

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Blue Bottle Fly (Calliphora erythrocephala) flying, worldwide distribution

Duncan Mcewan / Seven spotted ladybird {Coccinella septempunctata} eating aphids. UK

Mitsuaki Iwago / European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) group along Dingo fence, once introduced for hunting now are considered a pest, Australia

Nigel Bean / Brown rat in garden {Rattus norvegicus} Bristol, UK

Piotr Naskrecki / Termite, Suriname

Piotr Naskrecki / Termite workers and soldiers, Suriname

Piotr Naskrecki / Termite colony, Suriname

Piotr Naskrecki / Termite colony, Suriname

Piotr Naskrecki / Termite worker, Suriname

Ingo Arndt / Norway Spruce (Picea abies) trees that have died after being afflicted by bark beetle, Bayrischer Wald National Park, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Norway Spruce (Picea abies) trees that have died after being afflicted by bark beetle, Bayrischer Wald National Park, Germany

Mark MacEwen / Lanner Falcon (Falco biarmicus) in Dubai with Burj Al Arab in the background, used to control urban pigeon population, Jumeirah Beach. United Arab Emirates (UAE), January 2010

Mark MacEwen / Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) on roof tops in Dubai, used to control the pigeon population, United Arab Emirates, January 2010

Mark MacEwen / Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) and falconer, on roof tops in Dubai city, used for control of pigeon population, United Arab Emirates, January 2010

Mark MacEwen / Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) perched on falconers hand, on roof top in Dubai city, used to control urban pigeon population, United Arab Emirates (UAE), January 2010

Mark MacEwen / Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) with hood on perched on falconers hand, on roof top in Dubai city, used to control urban pigeon population, United Arab Emirates (UAE), January 2010

Mark MacEwen / Lanner Falcon (Falco biarmicus) in Dubai with Burj Al Arab in the background, used to control urban pigeon population, Jumeirah Beach. United Arab Emirates (UAE), January 2010

Mark MacEwen / Lanner Falcon (Falco biarmicus) in Dubai with Burj Al Arab in the background, used to control urban pigeon population, Jumeirah Beach. United Arab Emirates (UAE), January 2010

Christophe Courteau / West African giraffes {Giraffe camelopardis peralta} in millet plantation. Sahel, Niger.

Christophe Courteau / West African giraffes {Giraffe camelopardis peralta} in millet plantation. Sahel, Niger.

Christophe Courteau / West African giraffes {Giraffe camelopardis peralta} in millet plantation. Sahel, Niger.

Christophe Courteau / West African giraffe in plantation {Giraffa camelopardis peralta}. Niger.

Stephen Dalton / Winter Moth (Operophtera brumata), a winter flying moth from Oct - Jan, responsible for defoliating various trees particularly apple. UK, December.

Roland Seitre / Man using insecticide on European Hornet (Vespa crabro) nest as the workers swarm around him. Tours, France, September 2007.

Roland Seitre / Sign for a pest control company. Indigenous prairie dogs were exterminated in the area throughout the 20th century to protect crops. Custer, South Dakota, March 2002.

Piotr Naskrecki / Desert Locust (Schistocerca gregaria), Tankwa Karoo National Park, Northern Cape, South Africa

Simon Colmer / Leatherjacket, a larva of cranefly (Tipula) a common lawn pest, UK

Simon Colmer / Leatherjacket, a larva of cranefly (Tipula) a common lawn pest, UK

Simon Colmer / Leatherjacket, a larva of cranefly (Tipula) a common lawn pest, UK

Ingo Arndt / Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) coming out of old pipe to feed on bait at whaling station for South Georgia Heritage Trust Rat Eradication Project, Grytviken, South Georgia Island

Ingo Arndt / Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) carcasses with Ruth Fraser doing DNA tests in lab lab for South Georgia Heritage Trust Rat Eradication Project, King Edward Point, South Georgia Island

Ingo Arndt / Rat bait for South Georgia Heritage Trust Rat Eradication Project, South Georgia Island

Piotr Naskrecki / House Cricket (Acheta domestica), Woburn, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Greenhouse Camel Cricket (Diestrammena asynamora) cleaning antenna, Woburn, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Greenhouse Camel Cricket (Diestrammena asynamora), Woburn, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Greenhouse Camel Cricket (Diestrammena asynamora), Woburn, Massachusetts

Theo Allofs / Sign warning people of poison used against dingos, South Australia, Australia

Ernie Janes / Scarecrow in vegetable garden, UK, July 2011

Ernie Janes / Scare-crow in vegatable garden, Norfolk, UK. May

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Farmer setting gas banger to scare Dark-bellied brent goose (Branta bernicla) off his crops. South Swale, Kent, UK, December 2010

XI ZHINONG / People riding on a truck stacked with sacks of poison. These are distributed to farmers as part of an annual compulsory cull to control the Tibetan Pika (Ochotona thibetana) population, Qinghai Provin...

XI ZHINONG / Sacks of poison distributed to farmers as part of an annual compulsory cull to control the Tibetan Pika (Ochotona thibetana) population, Qinghai Province, Tibet, China. December 2006.

Piotr Naskrecki / Sand Fly (Lutzomyia sp) feeding on human blood, these flies are vectors of many serious tropical diseases, Guyana. Sequence 3 of 3

Piotr Naskrecki / Sand Fly (Lutzomyia sp) feeding on human blood, these flies are vectors of many serious tropical diseases, Guyana. Sequence 2 of 3

Piotr Naskrecki / Sand Fly (Lutzomyia sp) feeding on human blood, these flies are vectors of many serious tropical diseases, Guyana. Sequence 1 of 3

Jeff Rotman / Night rat killers of Mumbai display their work, a large pile of dead Black rats (Rattus rattus) Mumbai, India, January 2008

Jeff Rotman / Night rat killers pick up Black rats (Rattus rattus) with their toes, Mumbai, India, January 2008

Ernie Janes / Scarecrow in vegetable garden at village Garden Allotments, Norfolk, UK

Konrad Wothe / Black Rat (Rattus rattus) pair, Germany

Christian Ziegler / Bat Fly (Streblidae) ecto parasite on the wing of Great Fruit-eating Bat (Artibeus lituratus), Smithsonian Tropical Research Station, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Ingo Arndt / Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) trio found dead after baiting, South Georgia Heritage Trust Rat Eradication Project, Grytviken, South Georgia Island

Ingo Arndt / Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) trapped by Ruth Fraser at whaling station for South Georgia Heritage Trust Rat Eradication Project, Grytviken, South Georgia Island

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Warning sign warning of presence of poison to hikers and pet owners, Karamea, South Island, New Zealand

Mark Moffett / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) infested with Honeybee Mites (Varroa destructor), the most devestating pest to honeybees worldwide.

Mark Moffett / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) group infested with Honeybee Mites (Varroa destructor), the most devestating pest to honeybees worldwide.

Adrian Davies / Brazilian Pepper (Schinus terebinthifolius). Effect of herbicide use in attempt to control this invasive species. Fort de Soto, Florida, USA, January.

Edwin Giesbers / Black Rat (Rattus rattus) feeding in a domestic environment. Captive. The Netherlands

Edwin Giesbers / Black Rat (Rattus rattus) in a domestic environment. Captive. The Netherlands

Edwin Giesbers / Black Rat (Rattus rattus) feeding in a domestic environment. Captive. The Netherlands

Stephen Dalton / Bindweed or Convolvulus (Calystegia) growing from root fragment. UK, June.

Stephen Dalton / Silverfish / Fishmoth (Lepisma saccharina) on kitchen granite surface. UK, March.

Gary K. Smith / Pest protection, Using CD's to scare off birds from Swiss Chard, Norfolk, UK, July

Ernie Janes / Jack Russell terrier looking out from window on rabbit alert, UK, October 2004

Adrian Davies / Gorse spider mite (Tetranychus lintearius) cobweb like sheets of silk in flowering Gorse bush (Ulex europaeus) England, UK, August 2010

Adrian Davies / New Zealand Swampweed (Crassula helmsii) invading wetland, Kent, England, UK, August 2010

Adrian Davies / New Zealand Swampweed (Crassula helmsii) invading wetland. Kent, England, UK, August 2010

Adrian Davies / Gorse spider mite (Tetranychus lintearius) cobweb like sheets of silk in flowering Gorse bush (Ulex europaeus) England, UK, August 2010

Pete Oxford / Galapagos Petrel (Pterodroma phaeopygia) nesting area being baited with rat poison to remove introduced rats around colony, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Galapagos Petrel (Pterodroma phaeopygia) nesting area being baited with rat poison to remove introduced rats around colony, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tim Laman / The introduced pest species, Water Hyacinth (Pontederiaceae) clogging a river in the rainforest of Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Stephen Dalton / Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella) a pest of grain seeds

Stephen Dalton / Brown house moth (Hofmannophila pseudospretella) on cloth, a household pest, UK

Tui De Roy / Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani), an introduced pest species, preying heavily on native insects and possibly endemic small bird nestlings, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Barn Owl (Tyto alba) eating introduced mouse, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Small Fruit Fly (Drosophilidae), Andes, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Galapagos Petrel (Pterodroma phaeopygia) with rat baiting station, near nesting burrow, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Doug Wechsler / White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) browsing on Nasturtium flowers in planter outside Ice cream hut, Adirondack Park, Old Forge, New York, USA

Michael Durham / Red Imported Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta) swarm defending their colony, an invasive introduced species, central Texas

Michael Durham / Spotted-wing Fruit Fly (Drosophila suzukii) male, a pest species to berry and fruit farmers showing composite eyes, North America

Michael Durham / Spotted-wing Fruit Fly (Drosophila suzukii) approaching a fresh strawberry, a pest species to berry and fruit farmers, North America

Michael Durham / Red Imported Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta) worker, an invasive introduced species, Texas

Michael Durham / Spotted-wing Fruit Fly (Drosophila suzukii) female, a pest species to berry and fruit farmers, North America

Michael Durham / Spotted-wing Fruit Fly (Drosophila suzukii) female showing composite eyes, a pest species to berry and fruit farmers, North America

Michael Durham / Red Imported Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta) group, invasive introduced species, Texas

Michael Durham / Phorid Fly (Pseudacteon obtusus) female flies above Red Imported Fire Ants (Solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant an egg which eventually kills the ant, the fly is now used to help contr...

Albert Lleal / Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) held by farmer in his corn field, El Salvador

Stephen Dalton / Scarlet lily leaf beetle {Lilioceris lilii} feeding on lily leaf, introduced to Britain and a pest for those who grow lilies, UK