Todd Pusser / Star nosed mole {Condylura cristata} in leaf litter, North Carolina, USA. Dead specimen, found by photographer and photographed in-situ.

Alex Hyde / Close-up of Owl Butterfly (Caligo memnon) head showing compound eyes and proboscis. Captive, originating from Central America.

MYN / Gil Wizen / Shield bug (Ventocoris falcatus) Central Coastal Plain, Israel Meetyourneighbours.net project

Laurent Geslin / Shining-faced drone fly / hover fly (Eristalis tenax) male feeding on garden flower, UK

Christophe Courteau / Proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) male preparing to jump. Low tide in the mangroves, Bako National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Christophe Courteau / Proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) female in mangroves, carrying her baby on her front. Bako National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / Horsefly (Tabanus bovinus) close up of male feeding on fennel flower nectar (the females are blood suckers) Lazio, Italy, July. meetyourneighbours.net project

Jouan & Rius / Proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) moving through mangrove forest, Bako NP, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Nick Upton / Hoverfly (Myathropa florea), using proboscis to feed on pollen from anthers of Ivy flowers (Hedera helix). Wiltshire garden, UK, September

Edwin Giesbers / Proboscis Monkey (Nasalis larvatus) female sitting in tree, partially obscured by soft focus leaves in foreground, Bako National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Edwin Giesbers / Proboscis Monkey (Nasalis larvatus) female sitting in tree, partially obscured by soft focus leaves in foreground, Bako National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Stephen Dalton / Horsefly (Tabanus sudeticus) feeding on human skin, UK