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.
Six blue tepals and some nectar thieves!
Yellow legs and a yellow bill!
A lovely beetle, but a bit of a pest!
Two wooly bulbs!
Lovely little daisies!
A malee of mating frogs
Mediterranean song bird slaughter
Bocage’s wall lizards turn green when mated
A story
Schreiber’s green lizard – going blue in the face!
Ray Cannon's nature notes 