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  Here's a male autumn meadowhawk dragonfly perched on a garden stake in the backyard. #dragonflies #Odonata #insects #Illinois #nature #macro #photography #wildlifephotography #fall

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  I found this poor ole cold, wet male carpenter bee in the shade, so I warmed him up on my warm finger in the sun, and he was soon buzzing around our flowers again. #bees #pollinators #insects #Illinois #nature #macro #photography

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  This is the last shot of the male carpenter bee before he flew off to feed on African blue basil flowers. #bees #pollinators #insects #Illinois #nature #macro #photography

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  Here's a late-season sighting of a red-spotted purple butterfly (Limenitis arthemis) in the backyard. #butterflies #Lepidoptera #Illinois #nature #photography #photographylovers #wildlifephotography

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  Here's another male monarch butterfly on a New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) this afternoon. #butterflies #Lepidoptera #nativeplants #Illinois #nature #photography #wildlifephotography #SaveTheMonarch

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  Today I released another male monarch that I raised. After spending a couple of hours in the neighbor's tree, he flew down and landed on our tomato plant to bask in the sun. #butterfly #butterflies #Lepidoptera #Illinois #nature #photography #wildlifephotography #SaveTheMonarch

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  Here's a skyward shot of a striped saddlebags dragonfly (Tramea darwini) in our front yard garden! #dragonflies #Odonata #Illinois #nature #macro #photography #wildlifephotography #photographylovers

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  We're still seeing an occasional monarch on our Mexican sunflowers. #butterfly #butterflies #Lepidoptera #sunflower #Illinois #nature #photography #SaveTheMonarch

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  I saw another shadow darner dragonfly (Aeshna umbrosa) today! #dragonflies #Odonata #Illinois #nature #photography #wildlifephotography

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  Here's a beautiful common buckeye (Junonia coenia) that I saw today! #butterfly #butterflies #Lepidoptera #Illinois #nature #photography #wildlifephotography

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  Here's the second shadow darner dragonfly (Aeshna umbrosa) that I was able to photograph this weekend! #dragonflies #Odonata #Illinois #nature #photography #wildlifephotography

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  I'm still seeing monarchs! I saw four yesterday that were feasting on New England asters and Mexican sunflowers. #monarch #butterfly #butterflies #Lepidoptera #Illinois #nature #photography #wildlifephotography #SaveTheMonarch

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  Here's some more monarch magic from last weekend! #butterfly #butterflies #Lepidoptera #Illinois #nature #photography #wildlifephotography #SaveTheMonarch

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  Here's a male monarch butterfly on a New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) this afternoon. #butterflies #Lepidoptera #nativeplants #Illinois #nature #photography #wildlifephotography #SaveTheMonarch

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  Today I saw one of my favorites, a shadow darner dragonfly (Aeshna umbrosa)! #dragonflies #Odonata #Illinois #nature #photography #wildlifephotography

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  Here's the current view of our front yard native plant garden. 🌻 #nativeplants #wildflowers #garden #Illinois #nature #photography

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  The monarch magic continues in our front yard prairie garden! #butterfly #butterflies #Lepidoptera #nativeplants #wildflowers #Illinois #nature #photography #SaveTheMonarch

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  Here's a view of our backyard from the front walkway. Yes, that is a monarch butterfly flying in the background. #nativeplants #wildflowers #garden #Illinois #nature #photography

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  The monarchs are continuing to frequent our meadow blazing stars! Here's a closeup of a male in the backyard. #butterfly #butterflies #Lepidoptera #nativeplants #Illinois #nature #photography #SaveTheMonarch #photographylovers #wildlifephotography

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  Here's the view from our backyard patio. This garden is visited by many bees, dragonflies, monarchs, and hummingbirds. #nativeplants #wildflowers #garden #Illinois #nature #photography

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  The monarchs are hitting the meadow blazing stars hard right now! I've been seeing three to five at a time in the yard. #butterfly #butterflies #Lepidoptera #nativeplants #Illinois #nature #photography #SaveTheMonarch #photographylovers #wildlifephotography

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  A male carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) hovering around our backyard patio today. #bees #pollinators #Illinois #nature #photography #wildlifephotography

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  A female and a male Dunning’s miner bee (Andrena dunningi) in the front yard this morning. #bees #pollinators #insects #Illinois #nature #photography #Spring

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  Today's activities in the front yard with our resident Dunning’s miner bees (Andrena dunningi). #bees #pollinators #insects #Illinois #nature #photography #Spring