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Greg Dodge is a naturalist, writer, and photographer living in Hillsborough, North Carolina.  He writes a blog for the NC Museum of Life + Science in Durham, NC, a personal blog called Exploring the Nature Around You, and has written and produced natural history DVDs on birds and insects.

Here are his life cycles, so far.  Be sure to watch the Damselfly video – it’s amazing!

Acizzia jamatonica – Jumping Plant Lice

Anisota virginiensis – Pink-striped Oakworm Moth

Argia moesta – Powdered Dancer Damselfly  (video)

Porphyrosela desmodiella – Leaf Blotch Miner Moth

Disclisioprocta stellata – Somber Carpet Moth

Psara dryalis – Crambid Moth

Spilosoma virginica – Virginian Tiger Moth

Antheraea polyphemus – Polyphemus Moth – caterpillar shedding its skin

Campaea perlata – Pale Beauty

Hypagyrtis unipunctata – One-spotted Variant

Pholisora catullus – Common Sootywing

Betsy Higgins lives in Western Massachusetts, where she has been a Family Childcare Provider for 28 years. In her spare time, she is passionate about birding, butterflying, mothing, and is generally interested in everything in nature. She contributes to the Moth Photographers Group website, and to Discover Life.  See more of her insect images on Bugguide and Moth Photographers Group.

Her first life cycle:

Strymon melinus – Gray Hairstreak

Elophila obliteralis – Waterlily Leafcutter Moth

Ledaea perditalis – Lost Owlet Moth

Strymon melinus – Gray Hairstreak

Ophraelia conferta – Beetle