Back In The Yard🐝🦋

Here's our front yard native plant garden, which attracts monarchs, bumble bees, humming birds, and many other pollinators. #nativeplants #wildflowers #garden #Illinois #photography

Face to face with a male carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) in our backyard today. #bees #pollinators #Illinois #nature #photography #wildlifephotography

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

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Here's our Dunning's miner bee (Andrena dunningi) nesting area, which is densely populated. Unfortunately, the bees weren't that active above ground today. A bee finally makes an appearance at the end of the video. #bees #pollinators #nature

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

Happy Easter! This morning, we received a visit from a male common green darner dragonfly (Anax junius). A beautiful spring gift indeed! #dragonfly #dragonflies #Odonata #Illinois #nature #photography #spring

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

Dunning’s miner bees (Andrena dunningi) have emerged in the front yard again this year! #bees #pollinators #insects #Illinois #nature #photography #Spring

@PlantNativeWI Nice! That's a female Dunning's miner bee (Andrena dunningi). I have dozens building nests in my front yard.

First bee sighting of the year! It was hiding under a rock I placed down a few days ago.

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

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

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

A beautiful female monarch on tall boneset during my morning walk. #butterfly #butterflies #Lepidoptera #nativeplants #Illinois #nature #photography #SaveTheMonarch #photographylovers #wildlifephotography

A gorgeous common buckeye butterfly (Junonia coenia) on another summer-like day. #butterflies #Lepidoptera #Illinois #nature #photography #photographylovers #wildlifephotography