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.

January 8, 2019January 9, 2019 rcannon992

Something blue – butterfly wings

January 2, 2019January 3, 2019 rcannon992

The eyes have it! Butterfly eyes and pseudopupils

December 19, 2018February 2, 2021 rcannon992

Butterfly eyespots II. Tinbergen and the Grayling.

November 4, 2018February 2, 2021 rcannon992

Butterfly eyespots I. Conspicuousness or eye-mimicry?

October 23, 2018October 23, 2018 rcannon992

Butterfly love and the perils of mating!

October 17, 2018October 20, 2018 rcannon992

Beetles taking off!

October 12, 2018October 13, 2018 rcannon992

Marsh Fritillaries, moos and meadows in Galicia, Spain

October 1, 2018 rcannon992

Two hornet mimics and a new model!

September 25, 2018 rcannon992

Brimstones in the sun: thermoregulation

September 22, 2018September 23, 2018 rcannon992

Grasshopper jumps and lands in a spider’s web!

September 19, 2018April 6, 2019 rcannon992

Courtship and Mating in Wood Whites

August 24, 2018August 24, 2018 rcannon992

Mnais damselflies: fighters and sneaks!