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.
Up on the roof!
Oak galls: currants and spangles
Up, up and away! Rhinoceros beetles leaving their stump
The mighty Emperor
Dancing demosielles
Turnstone plumage
Insect declines
Juvenile herring gulls following gannets
Written in wax: cuticular messages
Polymorphic female damselflies
Ray Cannon's nature notes 