Bug Life Cycles

Danaus plexippus - Monarch  video of pupation

Anartia jatrophae - White Peacock

from MJ Hatfield

Colias eurytheme - Orange Sulphur  egg larve to adult

from Nancy Collins

Oecanthus forbesi - Forbes' Tree Cricket male female

Papilio troilus - Spicebush Swallowtail

Pero ancetaria - Hubner's Pero

Bolitoherus cornutus - Forked Fungus Beetle

Staphylus ceos - Golden-headed Scallopwing

Erynnis funeralis - Funereal Duskywing

Pontia protodice - Checkered White

Abaeis nicippe - Sleepy Orange

Anthanassa texana - Texan Crescent

Atlides halesus - Great Purple Hairstreak

Amblyscirtes nysa - Nysa Roadside Skipper

Lerodea eufala - Eufala Skipper

Chlosyne lacinia - Bordered Patch

James Durbin lives in Iowa.  He is past president and current membership chairman of Cedar Rapids Audubon, and he does volunteer work teaching bird classes and doing species studies for the DNR and Linn County Conservation.  He photographs birds, flowers and insects and has two web sites: Insects of Iowa, and Birds of Iowa.

Here are the life cycles he's contributed so far:

Actias luna - Luna Moth

Antheraea polyphemus - Polyphemus Moth

Callosamia promethea - Promethea Moth

Clitheronia regalis - Royal Walnut Moth

Eacles imperialis - Imperial Moth

Hyalophora cecropia - Cecropia Moth

from Beatriz Moisset

Oedemopsini - Parasitic Wasp

from John Maxwell:

Phalacrotophora epeirae - Scuttle Fly

Pseudogaurax sp. - Parasitic Chloropid Fly

from Beatriz Moisset

Herpetogramma abdominalis - Crambid Snout Moth

Trypoxylon sp. - Square-headed Wasp

from G Whiz

Agromyzidae - Leaf Miner Fly

Ilona Loser lives and photographs in Cross Plains, Wisconsin.  There is a small conservancy area near her home where she finds a great variety of insects.  See more of her insect images on Bugguide.

Here are her first two life cycles:

Acanalonia conica - Planthopper

Hemerobius humulinus - Brown Lacewing