A common agricultural pest, but native and cool-looking!
Video of the Soybean Looper Moth feeding on Red Clover nectar. Its caterpillars will also devour the plants leaves
Golden Northern aka Yellow Bumble Bee, a threatened species that I believe is making a comeback in Chicago, 2026
Cutie-pie
Red-legged Grasshopper
Another red-legged grasshopper
Monarch
Don't fall off!
Another monarch
Wheeee!!!!
A wasp in the Typical Aphid Wasp genus Pemphredon
What a cute, tiny, dainty bug that paralyzes aphids, throws 'em in a hole, and has their babies eat the aphid alive
Blue-winged Wasp
Western Honey Bee
Little Yellow butterfly
My family and I have started a HawkWatch at the larger hill at Palmisano Park (Mount Bridgeport). The hawk above, a juvenile Cooper's Hawk, and the hawk below, a juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk, are the first migrant birds of prey we have seen here. See more about the hawkwatch here
So cool!!
Back of the Cooper's Hawk
Tummy of the Cooper's Hawk
The Red-shouldered Hawk's back...
...and its tummy
Rattlesnake Master plant
Virginia Wild Rye
Hooded Sunburst, Candlelflame Lichen, and Rosette Lichen on oak bark
An ant in the genus Formica (field, wood, and mound ants) carrying a dead or paralyzed spider, possible one it subdued itself
Landscape
Funnel-shaped spider web
A half-collapsed orb spider web
Turtles
The ones you can se the heads of are painted turtles. The one that looks like a melted plastic bag with limbs is a Spiny Softshell turtle
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