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.

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.

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