Backyard Ecology @backyardecology@photog.social

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

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

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**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · 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** @backyardecology · Jun 12, 2018, 00:54

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Jun 12, 2018, 00:54

The beautiful calico pennant dragonfly (Celithemis elisa) in the prairie garden. #dragonflies #odonata #Illinois #nature #photography #photo

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Jun 10, 2018, 15:18

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Jun 10, 2018, 15:18

A female eastern pondhawk dragonfly (Erythemis simplicicollis) on big bluestem in the prairie meadow. #dragonflies #odonata #Illinois #nature #photography #photo

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Jun 06, 2018, 01:17

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Jun 06, 2018, 01:17

A close-up of a female blue dasher dragonfly (Pachydiplax longipennis) in the prairie garden. #dragonflies #odonata #Illinois #nature #macro #photography #photo

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · May 28, 2018, 10:41

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · May 28, 2018, 10:41

The first dragonfly shot of the year, a female common whitetail skimmer (Plathemis lydia). #dragonflies #Illinois #nature #photograghy #photo

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · May 17, 2018, 18:16

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · May 17, 2018, 18:16

The first eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly (Papilio glaucus) of the year, in my neighbor's lilac bush. #butterflies #Illinois #nature #photography #photo

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Apr 25, 2018, 14:23

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Apr 25, 2018, 14:23

A close-up of a common blue violet (Viola sororia) blooming in the backyard. #nativeplants #wildflowers #Illinois #nature #photography #photo

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Apr 22, 2018, 15:14

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Apr 22, 2018, 15:14

Happy #EarthDay everyone! Let's cherish our beautiful planet with its wonderful creatures and fight to protect it. #EarthDay2018 #nature #photography #photo

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Apr 15, 2018, 20:54

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Apr 15, 2018, 20:54

A closeup of purple milkweed (Asclepias purpurascens) in the prairie garden. #nativeplants #wildflowers #Illinois #nature #photography #photo

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Apr 15, 2018, 20:52

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Apr 15, 2018, 20:52

A monarch butterfly on a Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium purpureum) in the prairie garden. #butterflies #nativeplants #Illinois #photography #photo #SaveTheMonarch

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Apr 09, 2018, 14:20

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Apr 09, 2018, 14:20

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

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Apr 07, 2018, 00:25

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Apr 07, 2018, 00:25

A viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus) on the invasive common teasel. #butterflies #Illinois #nature #photography #photo

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Apr 04, 2018, 17:20

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Apr 04, 2018, 17:20

An Ailanthus webworm moth (Atteva aurea) on a black-eyed Susan in the prairie garden. #moths #pollinators #nativeplants #Illinois #nature #macro #photography #photo

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Apr 03, 2018, 18:10

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Apr 03, 2018, 18:10

A female eastern pondhawk dragonfly (Erythemis simplicicollis) on a big bluestem in the prairie meadow. #dragonflies #Illinois #nature #photography #photo

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Apr 03, 2018, 00:32

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Apr 03, 2018, 00:32

A silver-spotted skipper on a marsh blazingstar (Liatris spicata) in the prairie garden. #butterflies #nativeplants #Illinois #nature #photography

**Backyard Ecology** · Apr 01, 2018, 13:30

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**BobTarte** @BobTarte@mastodon.social · Apr 01, 2018, 13:30

Chestnut-sided Warbler. One of my all-time favorite spring birds. Five weeks too early to see this guy yet here in Michigan.

**Backyard Ecology** · Mar 30, 2018, 19:43

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**BobTarte** @BobTarte@mastodon.social · Mar 30, 2018, 19:43

Killdeer conversation.

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Mar 30, 2018, 17:41

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Mar 30, 2018, 17:41

A Halloween Pennant dragonfly (Celithemis eponina) on a New England Aster. #dragonflies #odonata #Illinois #nature #photography

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Mar 29, 2018, 17:01

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Mar 29, 2018, 17:01

A closeup of a monarch butterfly on a New England aster in the autumn prairie. #butterflies #nativeplants #Illinois #nature #photography #photo

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Mar 29, 2018, 16:28

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Mar 29, 2018, 16:28

A female eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly (dark form) on a Joe Pye weed in the prairie garden. #butterflies #nativeplants #Illinois #nature #photography #photo

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Mar 29, 2018, 16:00

**Backyard Ecology** @backyardecology · Mar 29, 2018, 16:00

A closeup of a grasshopper on a black-eyed Susan in the prairie garden. #grasshoppers #insects #nativeplants #Illinois #nature #macro #photography #photo