A suburban Chicago ecosystem
Image Gallery
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Common Milkweed
At Crabtree Nature Center
Location: Crabtree Nature Center
Shot Date: June 5, 2026, 7:49 p.m. -
Female Bobolink
On Common Milkweed
Location: Horizon Farm Forest Preserve
Shot Date: June 22, 2026, 10:33 a.m. -
Female Bobolink
On Common Milkweed
Location: Horizon Farm Forest Preserve
Shot Date: June 22, 2026, 10:37 a.m. -
Female Bobolink
With food for chicks
Location: Horizon Farm Forest Preserve
Shot Date: June 22, 2026, 10:54 a.m. -
Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Visiting Common Milkweed
Location: Crabtree Nature Center
Shot Date: July 5, 2026, 9:02 a.m. -
Monarch
Flying toward Common Milkweed
Location: Crabtree Nature Center
Shot Date: July 5, 2026, 9:43 a.m. -
Common Milkweed
At Crabtree Nature Center
Location: Crabtree Nature Center
Shot Date: July 5, 2026, 9:01 a.m. -
Common Milkweed
At Phantom Prairie
Location: Crabtree Nature Center
Shot Date: July 5, 2026, 10:27 a.m. -
Large Milkweed Bug Nymphs
On a Common Milkweed Seed Pod
Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: Oct. 26, 2025, 9:59 a.m. -
Monarch
On Common Milkweed
Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: June 3, 2025, 9:58 a.m. -
Common Milkweed
Seeds released from the pod
Location: Horizon Farm Forest Preserve
Shot Date: Oct. 22, 2024, 11:02 a.m. -
Milkweed Tussock Moth Caterpillar
On Common Milkweed
Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: Aug. 8, 2024, 12:26 p.m. -
Common Milkweed
In the Front Yard Gardens
Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: June 27, 2024, 3:10 p.m. -
Milkweed Tussock Moth Caterpillar
Eating Common Milkweed
Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: Aug. 12, 2023, 2:03 p.m. -
Common Milkweed
In bloom in the side yard
Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: Aug. 8, 2023, 6:53 p.m. -
Leafcutter Bee
On Common Milkweed
Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: June 29, 2022, 4:55 p.m. -
Monarch Male
On Common Milkweed
Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: June 29, 2022, 4:46 p.m. -
Common Milkweed
In the backyard gardens
Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: June 24, 2022, 4:49 p.m. -
Monarch Female
Ovipositing on Common Milkweed
Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: June 23, 2022, 5:34 p.m. -
Frost on Common Milkweed and Canada Goldenrod
At the conservation area
Location: Ruth Macintyre Conservation Area
Shot Date: Jan. 16, 2022, 10:44 a.m.