A suburban Chicago ecosystem
Two-spotted Bumble Bee
On Cosmos
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: Aug. 8, 2024, 12:17 p.m.
Bumble Bee
Visiting Spotted Touch-me-not
Location: Crabtree Nature Center Shot Date: Aug. 22, 2024, 10:46 a.m.
Annual Sunflower
In the backyard gardens
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: Aug. 28, 2024, 7:27 a.m.
Confusing Furrow Bee
Visiting Cinnamon Willow Herb
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: Aug. 8, 2024, 12:35 p.m.
Visiting Wild Bergamot
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: July 1, 2024, 1:58 p.m.
Visiting Common Buttonbush
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: June 29, 2024, 4:53 p.m.
Narcissus Bulb Fly
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: June 29, 2024, 4:49 p.m.
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: June 29, 2024, 3:02 p.m.
Pure Green Sweat Bee
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: June 29, 2024, 2:57 p.m.
Visiting Kalm's St. John's Wort
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: June 26, 2024, 2:37 p.m.
On Purple Coneflower
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: June 27, 2024, 3:06 p.m.
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: June 26, 2024, 2:38 p.m.
Modest Masked Bee (right) and Bristle Sweat Bee (left)
Visiting Tall Bellflower
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: July 1, 2024, 1:47 p.m.
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: June 26, 2024, 7:22 a.m.
Visiting Butterfly Weed
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: Aug. 2, 2023, 9:45 a.m.
Great Black Wasp
Visiting Swamp Milkweed
Location: Ruth Macintyre Conservation Area Shot Date: Aug. 7, 2023, 9:24 a.m.
Great Golden Digger
Location: Ruth Macintyre Conservation Area Shot Date: July 18, 2023, 11:25 a.m.