A suburban Chicago ecosystem
Image Gallery
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Summer Azure
Ovipositing on Gray Dogwood
Location: Crabtree Nature Center
Shot Date: June 15, 2026, 12:06 p.m. -
Silver-spotted Skipper
Visiting nonnative Red Clover
Location: Crabtree Nature Center
Shot Date: June 15, 2026, 12:21 p.m. -
Eastern Comma
At Crabtree Nature Center
Location: Crabtree Nature Center
Shot Date: June 15, 2026, 12:23 p.m. -
American Snout
At Crabtree Nature Center
Location: Crabtree Nature Center
Shot Date: June 15, 2026, 1:56 p.m. -
Monarch
Visiting Pale Purple Coneflower
Location: Crabtree Nature Center
Shot Date: June 15, 2026, 2:16 p.m. -
Variegated Fritillary
Visiting nonnative White Clover
Location: Crabtree Nature Center
Shot Date: June 15, 2026, 1:27 p.m. -
Banded Hairstreak
At Crabtree Nature Center
Location: Crabtree Nature Center
Shot Date: June 15, 2026, 1:58 p.m. -
Great Spangled Fritillary
Visiting Pale Purple Coneflower
Location: Crabtree Nature Center
Shot Date: June 15, 2026, 2:08 p.m. -
Great Spangled Fritillary
Visiting Gray Dogwood
Location: Crabtree Nature Center
Shot Date: June 15, 2026, 2:25 p.m. -
American Lady
Visiting Pale Purple Coneflower
Location: Crabtree Nature Center
Shot Date: June 15, 2026, 2:09 p.m. -
Hackberry Emperor
At Crabtree Nature Center
Location: Crabtree Nature Center
Shot Date: July 3, 2026, 9:59 a.m. -
Monarch
In flight
Location: Crabtree Nature Center
Shot Date: July 5, 2026, 9:40 a.m. -
Monarch
Flying toward Common Milkweed
Location: Crabtree Nature Center
Shot Date: July 5, 2026, 9:43 a.m. -
Common Wood-Nymph
At Phantom Prairie
Location: Crabtree Nature Center
Shot Date: July 5, 2026, 9:46 a.m. -
Common Wood-Nymph
In flight
Location: Crabtree Nature Center
Shot Date: July 5, 2026, 9:49 a.m. -
Common Wood Nymph
At Phantom Prairie
Location: Crabtree Nature Center
Shot Date: July 5, 2026, 10:18 a.m. -
Pearl Crescents
At Crabtree Nature Center
Location: Crabtree Nature Center
Shot Date: June 7, 2025, 10:02 a.m. -
Monarch
At Crabtree Nature Center
Location: Crabtree Nature Center
Shot Date: Oct. 3, 2025, 9:19 a.m. -
Banded Woolly Bear Caterpillar
At Crabtree Nature Center
Location: Crabtree Nature Center
Shot Date: Oct. 5, 2025, 10:03 a.m. -
Monarch
At Ruth Macintyre Conservation Area
Location: Crabtree Nature Center
Shot Date: Oct. 3, 2025, 9:19 a.m.