Matthew Maran / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) carrying a large dead Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) in an urban garden, North London, UK. August.

Matthew Maran / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) cub defending its kill,a large Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) from another cub, North London, UK. August. Highly commended in the Behaviour : Mammals Category of the Wildlife Ph...

Dave Bevan / Juvenile Brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) raiding a chicken nest in a barn, filmed at night using an infra red camera, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, December.

Dave Bevan / Juvenile Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) entering live trap and escaping, filmed at night using an infra red camera, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, November.

Dave Bevan / Juvenile Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) feeding on grain in a barn, filmed at night using infra red, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, October.

Ernie Janes,Ernie Janes / Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) scavenging in bin. UK, May.

Klaus Echle / Common brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) in vaulted building. Black Forest, Germany, August.

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

Phil Savoie / Common dronefly (Eristalis tenax), feeding on Ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May

Ernie Janes / Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus)many crowded together in farm barn.

Nigel Cattlin / Drone fly (Eristalis tenax), a bee mimic, on leaf. England, UK.

Ernie Janes / Mass of Brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) in farm barn, UK