ARTHUR V. EVANS, D.Sc., is the director of the Insect Zoo at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Author of numerous papers on the systematics and biology of scarab beetles, he now focuses his energies on living insect exhibits as a means of introducing the general public to the fascinating world of the most successful animals on Earth. He lives in Sierra Madre, California.
CHARLES L. BELLAMY, D.Sc., is a senior curator in the Department of Coleoptera at the Transvaal Museum in Pretoria, South Africa. Considered one of the world's leading authorities on jewel beetles, he has traveled extensively throughout the world in search of clues to their evolutionary development. He lives in Pretoria.
LISA CHARLES WATSON is an award-winning photographer who works in New York City.