A suburban Chicago ecosystem
Two-spotted Bumble Bee
Visiting Wild Bergamot
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: July 1, 2024, 1:58 p.m.
Bumble Bee
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: July 25, 2023, 10:25 a.m.
Rain Garden
Yellow Coneflower, Blue Vervain, Wild Bergamot, Purple Coneflower, and Joe Pye
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: July 17, 2023, 5:24 p.m.
Yellow Coneflower, Blue Vervain, Purple Coneflower, Wild Bergamot, Joe Pye, Prairie Blazingstar, and Queen of the Prairie
Purple Coneflower, Yellow Coneflower, Wild Bergamot, and Joe Pye
Purple Coneflower, Yellow Coneflower, Joe Pye Weed, Wild Bergamot, Common Elderberry
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: July 17, 2023, 5:27 p.m.
Yellow Coneflower, Queen of the Prairie, Wild Bergamot, Joe Pye, Purple Coneflower, and Blue Vervain
Hummingbird Clearwing
Visiting Wild Bergamot in the Backyard Garden
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: July 13, 2021, 1:39 p.m.
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: July 13, 2021, 1:36 p.m.
Wild Bergamot
New shoots emerging 2021
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: March 11, 2021, 3:21 p.m.
New shoots emerging in spring
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: March 21, 2020, 4:42 p.m.
American Goldfinch Male
Eating the seeds of Wild Bergamot in the rain garden
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: July 27, 2020, 3:13 p.m.
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: July 27, 2020, 3:15 p.m.
American Goldfinch
Eating the seeds of Wild Bergamot
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: July 27, 2020, 3:12 p.m.
Monarch on Wild Bergamot
Monarch Seeks Nectar from Wild Bergamot in Backyard Garden
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: July 9, 2020, 8:03 a.m.
Wild Bergamot with Eastern Black Swallowtail
A Patch of Wild Bergamot in the Rain Garden Attracts a Female Eastern Black Swallowtail
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: July 13, 2020, 2:21 p.m.
Bumble Bee on Wild Bergamot
Bumble Bee Pollinating Wild Bergamot in the Rain Garden
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: July 9, 2020, 10:16 a.m.