John Abbott / Scorpionfly (Panorpa nuptialis) male, Texas, USA

Stephen Dalton / Common scorpionfly (Panorpa communis) taking off, UK, controlled conditions

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Common scorpionfly (Panorpa communis) Fliess, Naturpark Kaunergrat, Tirol, Austria, July 2008 WWE BOOK PLATE. WWE OUTDOOR EXHIBITION

Robert Thompson / Scorpion fly (Panorpa communis) Semogo village, Alps, Italy, June.

Robert Thompson / Scorpion fly (Panopra communis) Semogo village, Alps, Italy, June.

Alan Williams / Scorpion Fly (Panorpa species) perched on leaf at edge of meadow, Cheshire, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Green-legged sawfly (Tenthredo mesomelas) feeding on scorpionfly (Panorpa sp) it has caught on a nettle clump, riverside meadow, Wiltshire, UK, May.

Alex Hyde / Scorpion fly (Panorpa germanica) male. Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk, UK, September.

Paul Hobson / Scorpian fly (Panorpa communis) male adult at rest under bramble leaf, Yorkshire, England, UK, August.

Robin Chittenden / Scorpion fly (Panorpa communis) Norfolk UK July

Lorraine Bennery / Common Scorpionfly (Panorpa communis) eating the prey of a spider, Hautes-Alpes, France, July.

Colin Varndell / Male Scorpion fly (Panorpa germanica) at rest on fern, Dorset, UK June.