Juergen Freund / Paralytic tick (Ixodes holocyclus) with engorged body on human hand, this species affects many species, Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) among them and infects them with a toxin that ca...

Milan Radisics / European beewolf (Philanthus triangulum) injecting bee with paralysing agent, Budapest, Hungary

Juergen Freund / Paralysis tick (Ixodes holocyclus) responsible for paralysing Spectacled flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) North Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) paralysed after being bitten by paralytic ticks having medicine administered by owner and main carer Jenny Mclean at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensl...

Roman Willi / Potter wasp (Odynerus spinipes) returning to nest with paralysed caterpillar prey, Lucerne, Switzerland. June.

Roman Willi / Spider wasp (Caliadurgus fasciatellus) with paralysed Huntsman spider (Micrommata virescens) prey, Lucerne, Switzerland. July.

Roman Willi / Spider wasp (Agenioideus cinctellus) dragging paralysed Jumping spider (Evarcha sp.) prey back to nest, Lucerne, Switzerland. July. Focus stacked.

Jussi Murtosaari / Boreal common frog (Rana temporaria) dying in the snow, having been awoken from hibernation by a warm spell in the morning. It was unable to find cover night and lay dying on a frozen lake, with the a...

Andy Sands / Common spiny-digger wasp (Oxybelus uniglumis), female, dragging paralysed fly impaled on its sting back to burrow. Cornwall, England, UK. July

Andy Sands / Ornate tailed digger wasp (Cerceris rybyensis) flying back to burrow, carrying paralysed Mining bee (Andrena sp) to lay eggs on. Oxfordshire, England, UK. July.

Andy Sands / Digger wasp (Tachysphex pompiliformis), adult female, dragging paralysed grasshopper back to burrow. Oxfordshire, England, UK. July.

Andy Sands / Digger wasp (Tachysphex pompiliformis), adult female, stinging grasshopper to paralyse it. Oxfordshire, England, UK. July.