David G. James is Associate Professor of Entomology at Washington State University. James has published almost 180 peer-reviewed scientific papers on a wide range of entomological subjects on insect biology and management. He recently co-authored Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies, which focuses on eggs, caterpillars, and chrysalids of all the butterfly species in the Pacific Northwest. It has been hailed as a groundbreaking masterpiece by those in the field.