A suburban Chicago ecosystem
Monarch
Visiting Canada Goldenrod
Location: Ruth Macintyre Conservation Area Shot Date: Sept. 15, 2024, 10:26 a.m.
Visiting Meadow Blazing Star
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: July 27, 2024, 3:28 p.m.
At the conservation area
Location: Ruth Macintyre Conservation Area Shot Date: Sept. 3, 2023, 9:06 a.m.
Visiting Cutleaf Coneflower
Location: Crabtree Nature Center Shot Date: Aug. 18, 2023, 9:41 a.m.
Visiting Cup Plant
Location: Ruth Macintyre Conservation Area Shot Date: Aug. 17, 2023, 10:43 a.m.
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: Aug. 12, 2023, 6:10 p.m.
Location: Ruth Macintyre Conservation Area Shot Date: Aug. 8, 2023, 11:14 a.m.
Visiting Swamp Milkweed
Location: Ruth Macintyre Conservation Area Shot Date: July 18, 2023, 10:44 a.m.
Visiting Prairie Blazingstar
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: July 27, 2023, 4:36 p.m.
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: July 27, 2023, 2:47 p.m.
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: July 27, 2023, 2:40 p.m.
Visiting Common Ironweed
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: July 27, 2023, 2:38 p.m.
Visiting Daisy Fleabane
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: July 27, 2023, 2:36 p.m.
Female Monarch
In the gardens after eclosing
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: June 26, 2023, 3:22 p.m.
Resting on the deck table after eclosing
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: June 26, 2023, 3:13 p.m.
Inflating its wings
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: June 26, 2023, 12:41 p.m.
Just eclosed and inflating wings
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: June 26, 2023, 12:34 p.m.
Monarch Chrysalis
About to eclose
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: June 26, 2023, 10:03 a.m.
Visiting Narrow-leaved Coneflower at Crabtree Nature Center
Location: Crabtree Nature Center Shot Date: June 23, 2023, 11:42 a.m.
Monarch Butterfly
Location: Backyard and Home Shot Date: June 22, 2023, 10:19 a.m.