Kip Will is an entomologist, insect systematist, and former director of the Essig Museum of Entomology at the University of California, Berkeley.

Joyce Gross has been photographing California insects for 17 years and works as a computer programmer with the Berkeley Natural History Museums at the University of California, Berkeley.

Dan Rubinoff is Professor of Entomology and Director of the University of Hawaii Insect Museum. He grew up in California chasing insects and continues to work actively in the state.

Jerry A. Powell is Professor of the Graduate School and former director of the Essig Museum of Entomology at the University of California, Berkeley.