Dr Andrew Rodger Waterston OBE FRSE FRES (30 March 1912 – 12 July 1996) was a Scottish zoologist, specialising in malacology and entomology.
Rodger Waterston was born in the manse on 30 March 1912 in Ollaberry on mainland Shetland, where his father, the entomologist James Waterson, was a minister in the United Free Church at the time.
His undergraduate thesis was entitled "On some points in the anatomy, histology and relationships of a new British slug (genus Limax)", about a greenhouse alien now named in his honour Ambigolimax waterstoni.
Although he became more specialised as an entomologist as his career progressed, he maintained an interest in a broader range of insects and continued to publish papers on other zoological groups.
After the war ended, Waterston remained with the Colonial Office and travelled widely in the Middle East, northern Africa, and India constructing a framework for monitoring and controlling the locust.
Waterston conducted research in the Middle East, but he mainly worked to establish technical cooperation and coordination for controlling the desert locust under challenging international conditions.
Prior to the war his specialism was in the Hemiptera and Hymenoptera but in response to the bequest of the collection of Kenneth Morton he switched to Neuroptera and Odonata, publishing papers on the dragonflies of the Middle East, especially after he retired.