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david g. james is an associate professor of by the ostensibly endless flood of behavioral diversity
entomology at Washington State University, United and photographic potential that they have to offer.
States, who developed a passion for the subject in Contributions: pages 60, 298, 301, 303, 305, 311, 504,
England at the age of eight, rearing caterpillars in his 511–12, 515, 523–4, 527, 532, 543, 554, 613, 631
bedroom. He studied zoology at the University of
Salford, and then migrated to Australia to work for the ross field undertook his undergraduate studies
New South Wales Department of Agriculture on ways in agricultural science at the University of Melbourne,
of controlling agricultural pests without pesticides. Australia, and in 1981 completed his PhD in
After completing a PhD on the winter biology of entomology at the University of California, Berkeley,
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Monarch butterflies in Sydney, he pursued a career focusing on pest management and biological control.
as a biocontrol scientist in horticulture, developing He worked for 45 years in the Victorian Public Service
a number of successful conservation biological in research and management positions, including the
control systems. David has published almost 180 Director of Natural Sciences at Museum Victoria. Ross
peer-reviewed scientific papers on a wide range of has spent more than 60 years collecting and studying
entomological subjects, focusing on insect biology the life histories of Australia’s butterflies and in 2013
and management. He recently coauthored Life Histories published an award-winning guide on the biology of
of Cascadia Butterflies, a comprehensive and highly Victoria’s 130 butterfly species, Butterflies: Identification
regarded study on the immature stages of Pacific and Life-history. He has published widely on butterflies,
Northwest butterflies. pest management, and conservation.
Contributions: pages 46, 54, 56–7, 61, 64, 70, 78, Contributions: pages 40, 42, 45, 47, 50, 72, 79, 85, 92,
83–4, 87–91, 99, 102, 104–5, 113, 117–18, 122, 125, 94–5, 97, 100, 109, 114, 119, 121, 123–4, 151–2,
129–30, 132–5, 137–8, 143, 145, 147–50, 153, 155, 157–9, 162, 165–7, 176, 205, 207, 220, 234, 238–9,
164, 169, 170, 173–4, 179–81, 186, 189–93, 197, 199, 242, 256, 265–6, 279, 283, 293, 295
204, 210–11, 216, 218, 221, 225, 227–8, 241, 246,
259–60, 267, 269, 271, 280–2, 296, 326, 335, 350, harold greeney is a broadly trained natural
352, 370, 385, 396, 405, 413, 416–18, 435–7, 440–2, historian with degrees in biology, entomology, and
444, 446–7, 449, 456, 459, 462–6, 468–9, 471, 475–6, ornithology. He created the Yanayacu Biological Station
478, 539, 558, 592, 602, 621, 632 & Center for Creative Studies in the Ecuadorian Andes,
working there for more than 15 years; research into
david albaugh is a part-time educator and a caterpillars and parasitoids of the Andes is one of the
full-time hobbyist with a passion for conservation, station’s longest ongoing projects. Harold is the author
raising, and releasing local species of butterflies and of over 250 scientific papers and a recipient of the
moths. He visits many schools and libraries to teach Alexander & Pamela Skutch Award and a Guggenheim
about the importance of insects and arachnids, using Fellowship. He lives in Tucson, Arizona, United States.
both preserved and live specimens. He has also raised Contributions: pages 66–7, 69, 73, 75–6, 80–2, 86, 98,
many exotic species and currently manages the 107, 110–11, 116, 128, 131, 139, 140–2, 184–5, 203,
horticulture department at Roger Williams Park Zoo 212–13, 215, 219, 226, 231, 233, 235–7, 240, 244,
in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. 248, 252, 255, 262–4, 273, 275–7, 537, 551–3, 557,
Contributions: pages 44, 369, 374, 383, 386, 402 559, 562, 565, 569, 571, 574, 576, 578, 580

bob cammarata is a freelance photographer and john horstman is an Australian living in Yunnan,
passionate naturalist, whose award-winning images China. A teenage passion for the biological sciences,
and articles have been published in travel brochures, entomology, and photography evolved into an
calendars, and business journals, and featured on all-consuming pastime, with a particular focus on
myriad websites chronicling wildlife and nature China’s rich diversity of Lepidoptera, specifically at
photography. Bob also organizes macro-photography the immature stages. From his relatively isolated but
lectures and local “bug safari” field trips. His biodiverse location, John delivers unfamiliar and exotic
decdades-long interest in lepidopteran larvae is fueled visuals through social media platforms such as