Painted Lady Butterfly female laying eggs on mallow leaves. The eggs look like small, clear, greenish balls on the leaf. 320 x 240, 842K

Painted Lady Butterfly larva eating its way out of the egg case. Note that larvae have emerged from the clear colored egg cases, while the dark ones still contain unhatched larvae. 320 x 240, 1.3 MB

Painted Lady Butterfly chrysalid. Notice that the head capsule from the larva falls off before the chrysalid stage. The butterfly goes through its final tranformation during the chrysalid stage, then emerges as an adult butterfly. 320 x 240, 809K

Asian Tiger Mosquito larvae swimming in water. 320 x 240, 644K

Asian Tiger Mosquito pupa swimming in water. Pupae go through metamorphosis to develop into adults. 320 x 240, 809K

An adult female Asian Tiger Mosquito that has pierced the skin of a poor graduate student with her proboscis. Notice the swelling abdomen as it fills with blood. Only female mosquitoes feed on blood; males feed on plant nectar and juices. 320 x 240, 1.1 MB