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 19, 2019November 15, 2023 rcannon992

Dragonfly wings: tried and tested over millennia!

August 15, 2019August 15, 2019 rcannon992

Small, brown and moving north!

August 4, 2019 rcannon992

Mating damselflies; there’s a lot going on, unseen!

July 31, 2019July 31, 2019 rcannon992

Courting brimstones: wing walking

July 23, 2019July 23, 2019 rcannon992

Polymorphic mating in bumblebee hoverflies

July 20, 2019December 5, 2025 rcannon992

Carefree commas!

July 6, 2019 rcannon992

Tiny other lives – photographic insights into insect worlds

July 2, 2019 rcannon992

Courtship bowing in meadow browns

June 30, 2019August 26, 2019 rcannon992

Eucalyptus: one of the drivers of deforestation in Brazil

June 17, 2019June 17, 2019 rcannon992

A stroll along the Rio Sor looking for butterflies

June 6, 2019January 20, 2020 rcannon992

Coitus interruptus or coitus disturbus?!

June 2, 2019June 2, 2019 rcannon992

Big blistering beetle