A suburban Chicago ecosystem
Skimming Bluet
On Common Buttonbush
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: June 27, 2024, 2:46 p.m.
Clouded Plant Bug Nymph
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: June 29, 2024, 3 p.m.
Two-spotted Bumble Bee
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.
Red Admiral
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: June 27, 2024, 2:33 p.m.
Bumble Bee
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: June 26, 2024, 2:38 p.m.
Northern Cardinal
Eating seeds from Common Buttonbush
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: Jan. 6, 2024, 1:17 p.m.
North Front Garden
View from the porch
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: July 25, 2023, 10:07 a.m.
Garden Along the North Side of the House
Common Buttonbush, Kalm's St. John's Wart, Sweet Joe Pye, and Tall Bellflower
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: July 25, 2023, 10:01 a.m.
Common Buttonbush
In an ice storm
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: Feb. 22, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
Brown-belted Bumble Bee
On Common Buttonbush flower
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: July 2, 2022, 3:22 p.m.
Blooming in the side yard
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: July 2, 2022, 3:19 p.m.
Nectaring at Common Buttonbush
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: July 1, 2021, 5:19 p.m.
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: June 27, 2021, 2:43 p.m.
Common Button Bush
Bloom
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: July 4, 2020, 12:30 p.m.
In the side yard
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: July 9, 2020, 8:18 a.m.
Monarch on Buttonbush
Monarch Butterfly Nectaring on Buttonbush in the Side Yard
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: July 6, 2020, 6:45 p.m.