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.

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

May 26, 2020 rcannon992

The humble dumbledor: Trypocopris dung beetles

May 20, 2020 rcannon992

World Bee Day

May 19, 2020 rcannon992

Peek-a-bug: insects lurking in flowers!

May 16, 2020 rcannon992

Bog asphodel and toxic saponins

May 14, 2020May 15, 2020 rcannon992

Insect cuticle

May 7, 2020May 7, 2020 rcannon992

Seagulls in lockdown

May 1, 2020 rcannon992

Butterflies with black wings

April 25, 2020 rcannon992

Iridescent feathers of pigeons