Back In The Yard

@backyardecology
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A photographer gardening for pollinators with native plants in a suburban neighborhood. Plant it and they will come!
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Back In The Yard1h ago
Today's activities in the front yard with our resident Dunning’s miner bees (Andrena dunningi). #bees #pollinators #insects #Illinois #nature #photography #Spring
Back In The Yard3d ago
Dunning’s miner bees (Andrena dunningi) have emerged in the front yard again this year! #bees #pollinators #insects #Illinois #nature #photography #Spring
Back In The YardOct 21
When I came home from work this evening, I found this poor fellow perched on a meadow blazing star. Who knows how far he's traveled, but his journey is almost over. #butterfly #butterflies #Lepidoptera #nativeplants #Illinois #nature #macro #photography #SaveTheMonarch
Back In The YardOct 18
Back In The YardOct 18
Grasshoppers aren't the most attractive insects and can cause quite a bit of plant damage, but they really do have some cool textures. #insects #Illinois #nature #macro #photography #wildlifephotography #photographylovers
Back In The YardOct 18
Back In The YardOct 18
Most of the pollinators have packed it in for the year. However, the autumn meadowhawk dragonflies have been putting on a show. I even coaxed a female to land on my hand! #dragonfly #Odonata #Illinois #nature #macro #photography #wildlifephotography #photographylovers
Back In The YardOct 18
Back In The YardOct 5
A beautiful female monarch on tall boneset during my morning walk. #butterfly #butterflies #Lepidoptera #nativeplants #Illinois #nature #photography #SaveTheMonarch #photographylovers #wildlifephotography
Back In The YardOct 18
Back In The YardOct 4
A gorgeous common buckeye butterfly (Junonia coenia) on another summer-like day. #butterflies #Lepidoptera #Illinois #nature #photography #photographylovers #wildlifephotography
Back In The YardOct 18
Back In The YardOct 3, 2025
The first monarch this October is another female on the Mexican sunflowers. #butterfly #butterflies #Lepidoptera #flowers #Illinois #nature #photography #SaveTheMonarch #photographylovers #wildlifephotography
Back In The YardOct 18
Back In The YardSep 28, 2025
A male silver-spotted skipper butterfly (Epargyreus clarus) in the front yard garden this morning. I know it's a male by its behavior: they will chase dragonflies, birds, and even humans to defend their territory. #butterflies #Lepidoptera #photography #wildlifephotography
Back In The YardOct 18
Back In The YardSep 28, 2025
A black saddlebags dragonfly (Tramea lacerata) in the front yard garden this morning. #dragonfly #dragonflies #Odonata #Illinois #nature #macro #photography #wildlifephotography #photographylovers