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.
Frisky butterflies in the Spring sunshine!
Happy Easter! Daffodils say it best.
Strut your stuff: pigeon courtship and iridescent feathers
Wasp faces and individual recognition
The Mighty Maniola: meadow brown butterflies
Some butterflies from Sulawesi
A day in the life of a Turnstone
Orchid bees – masters parfumiers of the natural world
Butterfly eyespots III. Deflect and sacrifice.
Insect antennae V.
Ray Cannon's nature notes 