Richard Jones (entomologist)

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]

Richard Jones (entomologist) portrait

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.
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