Author: rcannon992
I am an entomologist with a background in quarantine pests and invasive invertebrates. I studied zoology at Imperial College (University of London) and did a PhD on the population dynamics of a cereal aphid (Metopolophium dirhodum) in the UK. I spent 5 years with the British Antarctic Survey studing cold hardiness of Antarctic invertebates and 17 years with the Food and Environment Research Agency. My main interests now are natural history, photography, painting and bird watching.
Iridescence in insects
Flies blowing bubbles
Angry German wasps – Vespula germanica
Black and red and poisonous! Burnet moths
Kittiwakes learning to fly
Silver-washed fritillary courtship behaviour
In praise of Peacocks!
Just a bunch of weeds? Birds and bees on the slopes of the Futurist site, Scarborough
Life on a ledge
Silly seabird season! Herring gull chicks.
Ray Cannon's nature notes 