Richard Jones (entomologist)
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Richard Jones | |
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_portrait.jpg) Richard Jones in 2019 | |
| Born | |
| Education | Newhaven Tideway Comprehensive School University (Biology) |
| Occupations | Entomologist, author |
| Known for | Popular science writing on insects |
| Notable work | Extreme Insects, Call of Nature, Beetles |
| Honors | Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society Fellow of the Linnean Society Past president of the British Entomological and Natural History Society |
Richard 'Bugman' Jones FRES is a British entomologist. He is a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society and has written many books about insects.[1]
Jones's childhood interest in insects was inspired by his father, who was a botanist. He grew up in the South Downs and the Sussex Weald[2] and was educated at Newhaven Tideway Comprehensive School (now Seahaven Academy) in the early 1970s.[3] At university he studied biology and he then worked as an engineer's assistant on the Lewes Cuilfail Tunnel,[4] and in medical publishing, before moving back into entomology,[5] doing ecological surveys for local councils and English Nature (now Natural England).[6]
He regularly writes for New Scientist,[7] Gardeners' World[8] and BBC Wildlife,[9] as well as appearing on programmes such as Springwatch Unsprung,[10] BBC Radio 4's Home Planet[11] and Natural Histories with Brett Westwood, including the episodes "Louse"[12] and "Dung Beetle".[13]
Books
- New British Beetles: Species Not Found in Joy's Practical Handbook with Peter Hodge, published by the British Entomological & Natural History Society in 1995.[14]
- Nano Nature: Nature's Spectacular Hidden World, published by HarperCollins in 2008.[15]
- Extreme Insects, published by Collins in 2010.[16]
- The Beekeepers Bible, with Sharon Sweeny-Lynch, published by Abrams Books in 2011.[17]
- Mosquito, published by Reaktion Books, in 2012.[18]
- The Little Book of Nits, with Justine Crow, published by Bloomsbury in 2012.[19]
- House Guests, House Pests: A Natural History of Animals in the Home, published by Bloomsbury in 2015.[20]
- Call of Nature, the Secret Life of Dung, published by Pelagic Publishing in 2017.[21]
- Beetles, part of the New Naturalists Series, published by William Collins in 2018.[22]
- Wasp, published by Reaktion books in 2019.[23]
