About the Author

Photographer, birdwatcher, and former avionics engineer Jim Durbin is past president and current board member of the Cedar Rapids Audubon Society.

Frank Olsen, a retired software installer, conducts butterfly surveys for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, and county conservation departments.

Tom Jantscher is a civil engineer who studies moths and butterflies as a hobby, including informal surveying, photographing, collecting, and rearing.