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.

March 16, 2018March 17, 2018 rcannon992

A tale of a black moth: a Müllerian mimic in Thailand?

March 13, 2018March 14, 2018 rcannon992

Which way up to read The Map?

March 3, 2018March 3, 2018 rcannon992

Tasting with your feet! Butterfly tarsi.

February 24, 2018 rcannon992

What a beauty! Different wings for different duties.

February 14, 2018September 23, 2019 rcannon992

Little diggers – Bembix sand wasps

February 4, 2018February 4, 2018 rcannon992

Red lacewing – beauty in warning colours

January 31, 2018 rcannon992

Hairy Flower wasp

January 27, 2018 rcannon992

Denizens of the dappled forest: butterflies

January 26, 2018 rcannon992

A common or garden lizard!

January 17, 2018March 23, 2019 rcannon992

Emergence and rebirth: the life of a cicada

January 15, 2018January 15, 2018 rcannon992

A big black, beautiful bumblebee!

January 10, 2018 rcannon992

Tigers in the grass: milkweeds and mimicry