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A female monarch butterfly that I raised from an egg, on release day last summer.

The beautiful calico pennant dragonfly (Celithemis elisa) in the prairie garden.

A female eastern pondhawk dragonfly (Erythemis simplicicollis) on big bluestem in the prairie meadow.

A close-up of a female blue dasher dragonfly (Pachydiplax longipennis) in the prairie garden.

The first dragonfly shot of the year, a female common whitetail skimmer (Plathemis lydia).

The first eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly (Papilio glaucus) of the year, in my neighbor's lilac bush.

A close-up of a common blue violet (Viola sororia) blooming in the backyard.

Happy everyone! Let's cherish our beautiful planet with its wonderful creatures and fight to protect it.

A closeup of purple milkweed (Asclepias purpurascens) in the prairie garden.

A monarch butterfly on a Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium purpureum) in the prairie garden.

A closeup of a female common green darner dragonfly (Anax junius) in the prairie garden.

A viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus) on the invasive common teasel.

An Ailanthus webworm moth (Atteva aurea) on a black-eyed Susan in the prairie garden.

A female eastern pondhawk dragonfly (Erythemis simplicicollis) on a big bluestem in the prairie meadow.

A silver-spotted skipper on a marsh blazingstar (Liatris spicata) in the prairie garden.

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

A Halloween Pennant dragonfly (Celithemis eponina) on a New England Aster.

A closeup of a monarch butterfly on a New England aster in the autumn prairie.

A female eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly (dark form) on a Joe Pye weed in the prairie garden.