6.23.25 Sherman Park, Chicago, IL

 

Widow Skimmer

The females have black patches on the bases of their wings. Their bodies are yellow with linear black patches. The males have more black on their wings with white near the tip and clear tips. Their bodies are slaty blue-gray.

This is a male Widow Skimmer

Eastern Pondhawk

Wandering Glider

Blue-fronted Dancer

Orange Wing.
While moth isn't in the official name, you should still look up Orange Wing Moth online unless you want stock photos of orange wings, orange-winged amazon parrots, and honey bbq chicken wings.

Large Lace-border Moth

Red-spotted Admiral. This species was originally split into two- the Red-spotted Purple and the White Admiral. This morph or subspecies or whatever is the Red-spotted Purple.

You can see the shadow through the leaf

Hackberry Emperor

Blue-winged Rove Beetle next to a bottle cap for comparison.

Cattle Egret. This species is incredibly rare up here. This photo was not taken at Sherman Park, FYI.


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