Richard Jones (entomologist)

Richard Jones (entomologist) portrait

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]

Career

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

Honours and awards

Jones is a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society and of the Linnean Society. He is a past president of the British Entomological and Natural History Society.[24]

Call of Nature was shortlisted for The Bookseller's Diagram Prize for the oddest book title of the year in 2018.[25]

References

  1. ^ "About". Bugman Jones. 3 January 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Exclusive Feature: Beetles by Richard Jones". newnaturalists.com. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  3. ^ Sites (www.communitysites.co.uk), Community. "1971 - 1972 | CLASS PHOTO | TIDEWAY SCHOOL | EDUCATION | Our Newhaven". www.ournewhaven.org.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Memories of a chainman". Bugman Jones. 22 November 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Extreme insects: Bitten by the bug?". The Independent. 7 September 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  6. ^ Jones, Richard (2002). "TECTICOLOUS INVERTEBRATES A preliminary investigation of the invertebrate fauna on green roofs in urban London" (PDF). Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Beetlemania: How a supergroup scuttled to world domination | New Scientist". www.newscientist.com. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Richard Jones - BBC Gardeners' World Magazine". BBC Gardeners' World Magazine. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  9. ^ "Articles by Richard Jones". Discover Wildlife. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  10. ^ "BBC Two - Springwatch Unsprung, 2017, Episode 3". BBC. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  11. ^ "BBC - Radio 4 - Home Planet - 4 September 2007". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  12. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Natural Histories, Louse". BBC. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  13. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Natural Histories, Dung Beetle". BBC. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  14. ^ "Books | UK Beetle Recording". www.coleoptera.org.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  15. ^ "Nano Nature". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  16. ^ "Extreme Insects by Richard Jones - Hardcover | HarperCollins". HarperCollins UK. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  17. ^ Beekeeper's Bible Bees, Honey, Recipes & Other Home Uses.
  18. ^ "Mosquito by Richard Jones from Reaktion Books". www.reaktionbooks.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  19. ^ Bloomsbury.com. "The Little Book of Nits". Bloomsbury Publishing. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  20. ^ Bloomsbury.com. "House Guests, House Pests". Bloomsbury Publishing. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  21. ^ "Call of Nature". Pelagic Publishing. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  22. ^ "Beetles (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 136) by Richard Jones - | HarperCollins". HarperCollins UK. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  23. ^ "Wasp by Richard Jones from Reaktion Books". www.reaktionbooks.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  24. ^ "Richard Jones". ABC Radio National. 7 November 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  25. ^ "The Diagram Prize 2018 shortlist revealed | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 5 February 2020.