Ian Common M.A., D. Agr. Sc, FRES received his formal entomological training at the University of Queensland. Publications: Australian Moths and Australian Butterflies, a co-author of Butterflies of Australia, the author of the chapter on Lepidoptera in Insects of Australia, articles on Lepidoptera in the Australian Encyclopaedia and the Encyclopaedia of Papua and New Guinea and numerous papers in scientific journals.
Ederic Slater is a widely acclaimed nature photographer in Australia.