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.

December 14, 2019December 15, 2019 rcannon992

Crunchy coneheads: edible insects

December 11, 2019December 11, 2019 rcannon992

Lock up your ladies! The Tawny Coster butterfly.

December 1, 2019 rcannon992

Stingless bees: fascinating little builders!

November 26, 2019 rcannon992

Jezebels with gorgeous warning colours

November 23, 2019 rcannon992

Argiope cross-weaving spiders; stabilmenta and tiny males

November 19, 2019April 30, 2020 rcannon992

Yellow peril! Aposematic colouration in Troides butterflies

October 15, 2019 rcannon992

Drunken Admirals!

October 6, 2019 rcannon992

Who ate the dung beetles?

October 2, 2019 rcannon992

Spiders and mites on gorse

September 29, 2019September 29, 2019 rcannon992

Gerrids bearing water mites

September 25, 2019September 25, 2019 rcannon992

Asian hornets feeding on tree sap

August 21, 2019 rcannon992

Leave me alone! I’m laying an egg. Holly blue oviposition.