VENTOCORIS
entomology, travel, art
ABOUT
ANNIE NORTHFIELD
I am a naturalist particularly interested in UK and Mediterranean entomology and ecology.
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In 2018 I started travelling to look for wildlife, generally looking for reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates. Over time, these trips began to focus more on entomology, often searching for species which can be encountered in peri-urban habitats such as road verges and waste ground. As a result, I became especially interested in the ecology and diversity of European shieldbugs. I began recording my observations in a field journal, which has since become an indispensable learning tool. My goal from this point has been to observe and understand as much as possible about the environments I visit and their inhabitants.
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My largest personal project is attempting to find and illustrate all of Europe’s ~300 shieldbugs (superfamily Pentatomoidea), a highly ambitious and probably lifelong endeavour.
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I upload many of my observations to iNaturalist.
PUBLICATIONS
NON-INDEXED
âž¼ Hughes, T. D., Northfield, A., & Maguire, W. (2024). The Conquest Continues: First Outdoor Records of Armadillidium arcangelii Strouhal, 1929 in the British Isles (Isopoda: Oniscidea: Armadilliididae). Bulletin of the British Myriapod & Isopod Group 36: 14-19.
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âž¼ Northfield, A. (2024) Observations of the Ring-legged Earwig Euborellia annulipes (Lucas, 1847) (Dermaptera: Anisolabidae) from garden centres in north Essex. Essex Field Club Newsletter 103: 25.
âž¼ Hamer, M.T., Northfield, A. (2023). Two new non-native Mediterranean ant species to Britain collected from cork bark. British Journal of Entomology & Natural History. 36 (3): 199-204.
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âž¼ Northfield, A., Winder, I. (2020). The Palaeolithic Field Guide: assessing the morphological accuracy in European Upper Palaeolithic Cave Paintings. Anatomical Society Winter Meeting 2020, Journal of Anatomy 036. (Link)
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NOTES & MENTIONS
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âž¼ (2020) Conchological Society of Britain and Ireland April 2021 report, discovery of the semi-slug Daudebardia cf. rufa in North Wales. (Link)
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âž¼ (2019) Bangor Aye University News, finding bee orchids outside university buildings. (Link)
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Most of the images straight from the blog posts are not downloadable; this is primarily due to formatting issues. I am happy to provide higher resolution images via email.