Backyard Ecology @backyardecology@mastodon.social

A photographer gardening for pollinators with native plants in a suburban neighborhood. Plant it and they will come!

**Backyard Ecology** · Mar 28, 2018, 13:54

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**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology@photog.social · Mar 28, 2018, 13:54

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

**Backyard Ecology** · Mar 28, 2018, 13:50

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**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology@photog.social · Mar 28, 2018, 13:50

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

**Backyard Ecology** · Mar 28, 2018, 13:46

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**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology@photog.social · Mar 28, 2018, 13:46

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

**Backyard Ecology** · Mar 28, 2018, 13:41

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**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology@photog.social · Mar 28, 2018, 13:41

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

**Backyard Ecology** · Mar 28, 2018, 13:29

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**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology@photog.social · Mar 28, 2018, 13:29

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

**Backyard Ecology** · Mar 28, 2018, 13:23

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**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology@photog.social · Mar 28, 2018, 13:23

A black saddlebags dragonfly (Tramea lacerata) in the prairie garden. #dragonflies #odonata #insects #Illinois #photography

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Mar 27, 2018, 23:10

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Mar 27, 2018, 23:10

A summer azure butterfly (Celastrina neglecta) in the prairie garden. #butterflies #Illinois #nature #photography

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Mar 27, 2018, 22:44

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Mar 27, 2018, 22:44

A closeup of a female eastern pondhawk dragonfly (Erythemis simplicicollis) in the prairie garden. #dragonflies #odonata #Illinois #nature #photography

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Mar 27, 2018, 21:18

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Mar 27, 2018, 21:18

Our 6 year old cat, Whiskers. #cats #pets #photography

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Mar 27, 2018, 21:01

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Mar 27, 2018, 21:01

A European wool carder bee (Anthidium manicatum) resting on a leaf in the prairie garden. #bees #pollinators #Illinois #nature #photography

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Mar 27, 2018, 20:51

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Mar 27, 2018, 20:51

A closeup of a female blue dasher dragonfly (Pachydiplax longipennis) on a trellis in the vegetable garden. #dragonflies #odonata #nature #photography

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Mar 27, 2018, 20:41

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Mar 27, 2018, 20:41

A female monarch butterfly on a swamp milkweed in the prairie garden. #butterflies #nativeplants #Illinois #nature #photography

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Mar 27, 2018, 20:07

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Mar 27, 2018, 20:07

A closeup of a female wandering glider dragonfly (Pantala flavescens) in the autumn prairie meadow. #dragonflies #odonata #Illinois #nature #photography

**Backyard Ecology** · Mar 26, 2018, 17:48

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**BobTarte** @BobTarte · Mar 26, 2018, 17:48

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

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Mar 26, 2018, 15:57

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Mar 26, 2018, 15:57

A blue dasher dragonfly (Pachydiplax longipennis) on a sweet black-eyed Susan in the prairie garden. #dragonflies #Odonata #insects #nativeplants #Illinois #nature #photography

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Mar 26, 2018, 15:09

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Mar 26, 2018, 15:09

A closeup of a red-spotted purple butterfly (Limenitis arthemis astyanax) #butterflies #lepidoptera #Illinois #photography

**Backyard Ecology** · Mar 07, 2018, 06:27

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**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Mar 13, 2018, 22:41

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Mar 13, 2018, 22:41

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

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Mar 13, 2018, 22:37

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Mar 13, 2018, 22:37

A Halloween Pennant dragonfly (Celithemis eponina) on a yellow coneflower seed head. #dragonflies #nativeplants #nature #photography