From caterpillars to chemistry -- A reflection on the career: Following a path to moths and butterflies -- Follow the breadcrumb trail -- Contingency -- Pursued by adrenalin, in pursuit of dopamine -- Mount Shasta and the mystery of Mu -- How and when I ventured into the study of butterflies and adventures along the way -- One butterfly turned me to biology, another one helped establish metapopulation ecology -- Tropical caterpillar addiction -- Tales of three tigers: A 50-year career-shaping journey chasing swallowtail butterflies -- Butterfly reflections in thirds -- It should have been called a moustache -- Collections, serendipity and flightless moths -- A tale of two... glasses? -- Journeys of a microlepidopterist - from South Korea to Arizona -- The education of the field biologist -- Some Brazilian lepidopterists -- Butterflies on a dragon's head; butterflies in a dragon's head -- A butterfly has time enough -- Butterfly nexus.