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.

May 18, 2017 rcannon992

Hitching a ride on a giant wasp

May 11, 2017 rcannon992

Ant-attended aphids

May 9, 2017 rcannon992

A trick of the tail!

May 9, 2017 rcannon992

A trick of the tail!

April 15, 2017 rcannon992

Black-rimmed snout hoverfly: the Heineken Fly!

April 9, 2017 rcannon992

Oak apple galls

March 22, 2017 rcannon992

Stabilmenta: spider’s web decorations

March 22, 2017November 23, 2019 rcannon992

Stabilmenta: spider’s web decorations

March 18, 2017 rcannon992

Bright iridescent patches are honest signals!

March 14, 2017February 28, 2018 rcannon992

Red Admirals – European migrants

March 5, 2017March 5, 2017 rcannon992

Bee-flies: the dipteran narwhals

March 1, 2017March 1, 2017 rcannon992

Termites on a trail