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. -
Banded Hairstreak
At Busse Woods
Location: Busse Woods
Shot Date: June 19, 2026, 1:31 p.m. -
Orange Sulphur
At Busse Woods
Location: Busse Woods
Shot Date: June 19, 2026, 2:02 p.m. -
Red Admiral
At Busse Woods
Location: Busse Woods
Shot Date: July 8, 2026, 11:34 a.m. -
Common Buckeye
At Busse Woods
Location: Busse Woods
Shot Date: June 19, 2026, 1:56 p.m. -
Common Buckeye
At Busse Woods
Location: Busse Woods
Shot Date: July 8, 2026, 12:20 p.m. -
Eastern Comma
At Busse Woods
Location: Busse Woods
Shot Date: July 8, 2026, 12:30 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. -
Great Spangled Fritillary
Visiting Purple Coneflower
Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: June 28, 2026, 12:43 p.m. -
Great Spangled Fritillary
Visiting Swamp Milkweed
Location: Busse Woods
Shot Date: July 8, 2026, 11:42 a.m. -
Great Spangled Fritillary and Slender Flower Longhorned Beetle
Visiting Swamp Milkweed
Location: Busse Woods
Shot Date: July 8, 2026, 11:43 a.m. -
Great Spangled Fritillary
Visiting Swamp Milkweed
Location: Busse Woods
Shot Date: July 8, 2026, 11:45 a.m. -
Little Wood Satyr
At Busse Woods
Location: Busse Woods
Shot Date: July 1, 2026, 3:04 p.m.