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A female monarch butterfly that I raised from an egg, on release day last summer. #butterflies #Illinois #nature #photography #photo

A closeup of a female common green darner dragonfly (Anax junius) in the prairie garden. #dragonflies #odonata #insects #Illinois #photography #photo

A cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae) on a New England aster in the prairie garden. #butterflies #nativeplants #Illinois #nature #photography #photo

A female fiery skipper butterfly (Hylephila phyleus) on a marigold in the vegetable garden. #butterflies #Illinois #nature #photography #photo

A little yellow butterfly (Pyrisitia lisa) on a Black-eyed Susan in the prairie garden. #butterflies #Illinois #nature #photography #photo

A summer azure butterfly (Celastrina neglecta) in the prairie garden.

A closeup of a female eastern pondhawk dragonfly (Erythemis simplicicollis) in the prairie garden.

A European wool carder bee (Anthidium manicatum) resting on a leaf in the prairie garden.

A closeup of a female blue dasher dragonfly (Pachydiplax longipennis) on a trellis in the vegetable garden.

A female monarch butterfly on a swamp milkweed in the prairie garden.

A closeup of a female wandering glider dragonfly (Pantala flavescens) in the autumn prairie meadow.

@backyardecology I did get a few shots last summer of a Halloween Pennant.

A blue dasher dragonfly (Pachydiplax longipennis) on a sweet black-eyed Susan in the prairie garden.

A closeup of a red-spotted purple butterfly (Limenitis arthemis astyanax)

A female eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) on a sweet black-eyed Susan in the prairie garden.

A Halloween Pennant dragonfly (Celithemis eponina) on a yellow coneflower seed head.