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Another New Contributor and more Life Cycles

The new contributor is Marie.    Marie got her degree in biology in Austria and now lives just outside of Philadelphia. Since she retired she has pursued her lifelong interest in insects, spiders and other small critters.  See more of her photos on Bugguide.  She contributed two life cycles:

Sciaridae – Dark-winged Fungus Gnats

Labidomera clivicollis – Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle

And I’ve added more life cycles by Alan Chin-Lee (some are entirely new, others are additions to some of his old life cycles):

Ascia monuste – Great Southern White   eggs larvae pupa adult

Melanchroia chephise – White-tipped Black  larva adults

Automeris io – Io Moth  eggs & larvae larvae adult adult

Chlorostrymon simaethis – Silver-Banded Hairstreak  larvae pupa larva & pupa adult

Phocides pigmalion – Mangrove Skipper larvae adult

Anteos maerula – Yellow Angled-Sulphur larva larva pupa adults

Erinnyis ello – Ello Sphinx larva larva larva pupa adult

Anteos clorinde – White Angled-Sulphur larva adult

A new contributor and some other new lifecycles

Craig Biegler is the new contributor.  He is a student majoring in wildlife science, specializing in entomology.  He has conducted research on moth diversity at Denison University, and is a member of the Ohio Lepidopterists.  You can see more of his photos on Bugguide.

Here are the life cycles he’s contributed:

Callosamia promethea – Promethea Moth

Heterocampa guttivitta – Saddled Prominent

And here are a few more by:

Alan Chin-Lee

Tortyra slossonia – Reflective Tortyra Moth larva larva adult

Pontia protodice – Checkered White larvae pupa adult

Chlorostrymon simaethis – Silver-Banded Hairstreak  larva & pupa adult

Dryas julia – Julia  larva pupa adult

Physonota calochroma floridensis – Geiger Tortoise Beetle  eggs larvae adult adult

Megalopyge opercularis – Southern Flannel Moth larva pupa

Pseudosphinx tetrio – Tetrio Sphinx larva pupa adult adult

And  Beatriz Moisset:

Eurosta solidaginis – Goldenrod Gall Fly


Another New Contributor and a Few New Posts

Lynette Schimming has an Elementary Education degree, and is very interested in insects, and insect photography.  She has many photos on BugGuide.  Here are the life cycles she’s contributed:

Cecidomyia sp.

Eulithis sp. – Grapevine Looper

Eumenes fraternus

Spilosoma virginica – Virginia Tiger Moth

Tipulidae – Crane Fly

Papilio polyxenes – Black Swallowtail

Euthyrhynchus floridanus – Florida Predatory Stink Bug

Also, here’s a great new life cycle  from Stephen Luk:

Eurosta solidaginis – Goldenrod Gall Fly

And a new Beetle from Jim McClarin:

Carabus nemoralis – European Ground Beetle

A New Contributor with Lots of Life Cycles

The new contributor is Alan Chin-Lee.  He  has been a lepidopterist since childhood.  He has worked for Butterfly World in Florida, and the Florida Museum of Natural History.  Now he does nature photography, and especially Lepidoptera photography.  See more of his photos at his web site.

Here are the life cycles he’s contributed:

Heterocampa astarte

Pink-spotted Hawkmoth

Exposed Bird Dropping Moth

Dainty Sulphur

Ruddy Daggerwing

Edward’s Wasp Moth

Mobile Groundling

Hemerophila Moth

Hemerophila Moth

these two include different stages

Southern Emerald Moth

Henry’s Elfin

Yucca Giant-skipper

Citrus Fruit-piercer

Orange-barred Sulphur

Pluto Spinx

Satin White Moth

Florida Tussock Moth

Miami Blue

Bartram’s Scrub Hairstreak

Queen

Eastern Pine Elfin

Great Southern White

Lesser Wasp Moth

Tropical Buckeye

Sweetbay Silk Moth

Spotted Oleander Caterpillar Moth

Monk Skipper

Great Purple Hairstreak

Gray Ministreak

Faithful Beauty – Composia fidelissima adult

Oleander Moth

Hammock Skipper

Dingy Purplewing

Zebra Swallowtail

Fir Tussock Moth

New Contributors and New Life Cycles

The new contributors with links to their life cycle series:

Joyce Gross is a computer programmer for the UC Berkeley natural history museums, but she’d rather be outside  photographing interesting wildlife.  She has a homepage with information about her work and her photos.

Cephaloon

Platydema

Dermestes maculatus

Silkworm

Tom Murray is a sales rep with an interest in nature and nature photography.  See more of his nature photos at his web site.

Spring Fishfly

Neopyrochroa femoralis

Forked Fungus Beetle

Centronopus calcaratus

Jeff Hollenbeck collects and photographs insects, and especially spiders.  See his photos on BugGuide.

Trogoderma anthrenoides

Stephen Luk is a zoology student at the University of Guelph in Ontario.  He’s volunteering at the Insect Systematics Lab, working with northeastern Lampyridae.  See more of his images on BugGuide.

Neoneides muticus (adult image)

Dorcatoma pallicornis

Cis

Black Firefly

Comb-clawed Beetle

Thymalus marginicollis

Cattail Caterpillar Moth

Mosquito (larvae & pupa) – Culex restuans (Emergence of adult)

Ochlerotatus japonicus (larva) (Emergence of adult)

Dixella sp.

Ceracis thoracicornis