About Me
Publications
Publications
Thesis
Bachelor of Science with Honours (Evolutionary Biology)
Weir, J. C. (2017). The Evolution and Maintenance of Colour Polymorphism in British Winter-active Lepidoptera. University of Edinburgh.
Papers
Weir, J. C. (2018). The evolution of polymorphism in British winter-active Lepidoptera in response to search image use by avian predators. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 31:1109-1126.
Weir, J. C. (2016). Rudimentary temperature experiments conducted on the pupae of Argynnis aglaja (L.) (Lep.: Nymphalidae). Entomologist’s Record and Journal of Variation 128:230-237.
Weir, J. C. (2016). Intraspecific taxonomy in the Lepidoptera. British Journal of Entomology and Natural History 29:144-155.
Notes, observations and short communications
Weir, J. C. (2018). Sub-species in the Cypraeidae: witness for the defence. American Conchologist 46:25-26.
[Reprinted from The Linnean]
Weir, J. C. (2018). Two records of Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lep.: Danaidae) from Mallorca, Balearic Islands. Entomologist's Gazette 69:83-84.
Weir, J. C. (2018). Sub-species in the Cypraeidae: witness for the defence. The Linnean 34:7-8.
Weir, J. C. (2017). Pieris napi (L.) (Lep.: Pieridae) mud-puddling in West Perthshire (VC87). Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 129:231-232.
Weir, J. C. (2016). Survival of female Colias croceus (Geoffroy, 1785) (Lep.: Pieridae) after exposure to freezing temperatures. The Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 75:184-185.
Weir, J. C. (2016). Observations on the behaviour of Hipparchia fidia (L.) (Lep.: Satyridae) from Majorca, Balearic Islands. Entomologist’s Record and Journal of Variation 128:263-264.
Weir, J. C. (2016). Possible cryptic resemblance of male Hepialus humuli (L.) to grass inflorescences. Entomologist’s Record and Journal of Variation 128:226-227.
Weir, J. C. (2015). A response to some criticisms of the “selection theory” of industrial melanism. Entomologist’s Record and Journal of Variation 127:206-211.
Weir, J. C. (2015). Letter—Protecting entomological collections in the absence of p-DCB. The Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologist’s Society 74:103-104.
Weir, J. C. (2015). Batesian mimicry in Anarta myrtilli (L.) (Lep.: Noctuidae)? Entomologist’s Record and Journal of Variation 127:135-136.
Weir, J. C. (2015). Letter—Re: Paradichlorobenzene: Sad loss or overrated? The Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologist’s Society 74:40-41.
Weir, J. C. (2014). A method of rapid relaxation for specimens of Lepidoptera. The Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologist’s Society 73:128-129.
Weir, J. C. (2013). Darwin, Lepidoptera and James William Tutt. The Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologist’s Society 72:63-75.
Weir, J. C. (2012). An unusual note concerning Rhyssa persuasoria (Hym.: Ichneumonidae). The Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologist’s Society 71:165-166.
Weir, J. C. (2011). On the apparent attraction of two members of the genus Hepialus (Lep.: Hepialidae) to tomato plants. The Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologist’s Society 70:141-145.
Weir, J. C. (2010). The attraction of male Pieris brassicae Linn. (Lep.:Pieridae) to decoy of female. The Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologist’s Society 69:181-182.
Weir, J. C. (2010). Notes and observations on Rhagium mordax (Col.: Cerambycidae). The Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologist’s Society 69:72-73.
Collaborations
Samplonius, J. M., Atkinson, A., Hassall, C., Keogan, K., Thackeray, S. J., Assmann, J. J., Burgess, M. D., Johansson, J., Macphie, K. H., Pearce-Higgins, J. W., Simmonds, E. G., Varpe, Ø, Weir, J. C., Childs, D. Z., Cole, E. F., Daunt, F., Hart, T., Lewis, O. T., Pettorelli, N., Sheldon, B. C., and Phillimore, A. B. (2021). Strengthening the evidence base for temperature-mediated phenological asynchrony and its impacts. Nature Ecology & Evolution 5:155–164.
Unpublished reports, etc.
Blaxter, M. and Weir, J. C. (2018). The British Lepidoptera Collection: The Natural History Collections of the University of Edinburgh. Report on the Re-cataloguing Lepidoptera Project. Autumn 2017 - Spring 2018.
Weir, J. C. and Weir, J. H. (2018). A pitfall trapping survey of the autumnal ground beetle (Col.: Carabidae) fauna of Glen Finglas, West Perthshire (VC87). Report presented to the Woodland Trust.