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 30, 2017February 28, 2018 rcannon992

Lang’s Short-tailed Blue: courtship behaviour

August 27, 2017 rcannon992

A huge bumblebee from Spain: Bombus magnus?

August 27, 2017October 6, 2017 rcannon992

An iridescent dung beetle from Spain

August 6, 2017 rcannon992

Iberian Marbled White – courtship sequence

August 5, 2017 rcannon992

The Bath White: a parapatric species or a peripatetic pierid?

July 23, 2017 rcannon992

Butterfly body language

July 18, 2017 rcannon992

Common but extremely beautiful: The small tortoiseshell

July 15, 2017July 16, 2017 rcannon992

Decomposition of a mole

July 11, 2017July 21, 2019 rcannon992

Mating Blue-tailed Damselflies

July 10, 2017 rcannon992

Canoodling bee-grabbers

June 16, 2017 rcannon992

Chasing leopards by the falls!

May 20, 2017January 23, 2019 rcannon992

Wild at heart: the Giant honey bee