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.

August 16, 2020 rcannon992

Black and red and poisonous! Burnet moths

August 9, 2020August 9, 2020 rcannon992

Kittiwakes learning to fly

August 4, 2020 rcannon992

Silver-washed fritillary courtship behaviour

July 27, 2020 rcannon992

In praise of Peacocks!

July 17, 2020 rcannon992

Just a bunch of weeds? Birds and bees on the slopes of the Futurist site, Scarborough

July 6, 2020 rcannon992

Life on a ledge

June 29, 2020July 26, 2020 rcannon992

Silly seabird season! Herring gull chicks.

June 26, 2020July 25, 2020 rcannon992

I want to get close to you! Habituation in butterflies

June 18, 2020June 19, 2020 rcannon992

Where’s the nectar? Butterfly nectaring behaviour

June 10, 2020July 31, 2024 rcannon992

Enter the dragon! Bumblebees and snapdragons

June 7, 2020June 7, 2020 rcannon992

Buttercup bedfellows

May 30, 2020May 30, 2020 rcannon992

Nest building kittiwakes