McDowell Grove Forest Preserve, IL nature photos

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McDowell Grove Forest Preserve, IL nature photos
Powdered Dancer female blue form Argia moesta Jul 3, 2014 W 百	Powdered Dancer female brown form Argia moesta Jul 3, 2014 W 百	Powdered Dancer male pruinose Argia moesta Jul 3, 2014 W 百	Powdered Dancer male teneral Argia moesta Jul 3, 2014 W 百
Canadian Milk Vetch Astragalus canadensis Jul 3, 2014	Bombyliinae Bee Fly dorsal Bombyliinae Jul 3, 2014 New	Nodding Thistle Carduus nutans Jul 3, 2014	False Sunflower Heliopsis helianthoides Jul 3, 2014
Northern Crab Spider eating Bombyliinae Bee Fly Mecaphesa asperata Jul 3, 2014 New	Powdered Dancer male hovering Argia moesta Jul 5, 2014 W	Jade Clubtail male Arigomphus submedianus Jul 5, 2014 New	Jade Clubtail male dorsal Arigomphus submedianus Jul 5, 2014
Confused Haploa Moth upperside Haploa confusa Jul 5, 2014 New	American Rubyspot female Hetaerina americana Jul 5, 2014	American Rubyspot male Hetaerina americana Jul 5, 2014	Honeysuckle orange fruit Lonicera Jul 5, 2014
Honeysuckle red fruit Lonicera Jul 5, 2014	Trivittata Stilt-legged Fly lateral Taeniaptera trivittata Jul 5, 2014 New	Common Spiderwort Tradescantia ohiensis Jul 5, 2014	Black Bullhead dorsal Ameiurus melas Jul 10, 2014 New
Wilke's Mining Bee female flight Andrena wilkella Jul 10, 2014 New	Powdered Dancer flying tandem Argia moesta Jul 10, 2014	Powdered Dancer hover guarded ovipositing Argia moesta Jul 10, 2014	Powdered Dancer hover guarded ovipositings Argia moesta Jul 10, 2014 W 百
Powdered Dancer mating tandem Argia moesta Jul 10, 2014 W 百	Augochlorine Sweat Bee cruising Augochlorini Jul 10, 2014 New	Augochlorine Sweat Bee flying Augochlorini Jul 10, 2014	Summer Azure underside Celastrina neglecta Jul 10, 2014
Orange Sulfur pair flight Colias eurytheme Jul 10, 2014	Stream Bluet female femur Enallagma exsulans Jul 10, 2014	Stream Bluet female oviposits Enallagma exsulans Jul 10, 2014	Fraternal Potter Wasp cruising Eumenes fraternus Jul 10, 2014 New
Fraternal Potter Wasp flight Eumenes fraternus Jul 10, 2014	American Rubyspot male Hetaerina americana Jul 10, 2014	Wild Indigo Duskywing female Erynnis baptisiae Jul 10, 2014 New	Common Whitetail male pruinose Plathemis lydia Jul 10, 2014
Common Green Darner pair flying Anax junius Jul 23, 2014	Common Green Darner tandem ovipositing Anax junius Jul 23, 2014	Wild Indigo Duskywing upperside Erynnis baptisiae Jul 23, 2014	Hollyhock Mallow Malva alcea Jul 23, 2014 New
Muskrat swimming Ondatra zibethicus Jul 23, 2014 New	Royal Catchfly Silene regia Jul 23, 2014 New	Tiger Bee Fly dorsal Xenox tigrinus Jul 23, 2014 New	Powdered Dancer molted exuvia Argia moesta Jul 28, 2014
Asian Clam closed Corbicula fluminea Jul 28, 2014 百	Bald-faced Hornet pollinia Dolichovespula maculata Jul 28, 2014 W	Silver-spotted Skipper underside Epargyreus clarus Jul 28, 2014	Netspinning Caddisfly lateral Hydropsychidae Jul 28, 2014 New
Asian Apple Snail shell Margarya chinensis Jul 28, 2014	Japanese Beetle mating Popillia japonica Jul 28, 2014	March Brown Mayfly nymph Rhithrogena Jul 28, 2014 New	Trichoptera Caddisfly dorsal Trichoptera May 1, 2015 New
Trichoptera Caddisfly lateral Trichoptera May 1, 2015	Luna Moth male underside Actias luna May 22, 2015	Question Mark summer form underside Polygonia interrogationis May 22, 2015	Question Mark summer form upperside Polygonia interrogationis May 22, 2015
Common Carrion Flower Smilax lasioneura May 22, 2015	Canada Anemone Anemonastrum canadense Jun 5, 2015	Blue-tipped Dancer male teneral Argia tibialis Jun 5, 2015 New	Cercopidae Froghopper molted exuvia Cercopidae Jun 5, 2015 New
Green Stink Bug winging Chinavia hilaris Jun 5, 2015	Green Stink Bug wings Chinavia hilaris Jun 5, 2015	Sipho Long-legged Fly basking Condylostylus sipho Jun 5, 2015 New	Whirligig Beetle floating Dineutus Jun 5, 2015 New
Stream Bluet female Enallagma exsulans Jun 5, 2015	Melanotus Click Beetle basking Melanotus Jun 5, 2015	European Harvestman basking Phalangium opilio Jun 5, 2015 New	Meadow Spittlebug spittle Philaenus spumarius Jun 5, 2015 New
Cluster Fly basking Pollenia Jun 5, 2015 New	Salticidae Jumping Spider basking Salticidae Jun 5, 2015 New	Eastern Chipmunk basking Tamias striatus Jun 5, 2015	Margined Calligrapher female Toxomerus marginatus Jun 5, 2015
Small Carpenter Bee Zadontomerus Ceratina Jun 5, 2015	Red-winged Blackbird male calling Agelaius phoeniceus Jun 8, 2015	Wild Garlic flowers Allium canadense Jun 8, 2015	Wild Garlic leaves Allium canadense Jun 8, 2015
Nodding Thistle buds Carduus nutans Jun 8, 2015	Powdered Dancer female blue form Argia moesta Jul 3, 2015	Powdered Dancer female teneral Argia moesta Jul 3, 2015	Powdered Dancer male teneral Argia moesta Jul 3, 2015
Powdered Dancer male teneral flying Argia moesta Jul 3, 2015	Asian Lady Beetle aphids Harmonia axyridis Jul 3, 2015	Pyropyga Firefly on Timothy Pyropyga Jul 3, 2015 2New	Common Carrion Flower Smilax lasioneura Jul 3, 2015
Red Milkweed Beetle dorsal Tetraopes tetrophthalmus Jul 3, 2015	Powdered Dancer female blue form Argia moesta Jul 14, 2016	Powdered Dancer mating wheel Argia moesta Jul 14, 2016 W 百	Powdered Dancer ovipositing Argia moesta Jul 14, 2016
American Rubyspot female copper form Hetaerina americana Jul 14, 2016	American Rubyspot female green form Hetaerina americana Jul 14, 2016	American Rubyspot male Hetaerina americana Jul 14, 2016	Smaller Water Strider skimming Rhagovelia obesa Jul 14, 2016
American Rubyspot male perching Hetaerina americana Jul 14, 2016	Giant Bur-Reed fruit Sparganium eurycarpum Jul 14, 2016	Least Skipper upperside Ancyloxypha numitor Aug 2, 2016 New	European Woolcarder Bee hovering Anthidium manicatum Aug 2, 2016
Oblong Woolcarder Bee face Anthidium oblongatum Aug 2, 2016	Oblong Woolcarder Bee mating Anthidium oblongatum Aug 2, 2016	Song Sparrow juvenile perching Melospiza melodia Apr 28, 2017	Blue-gray Gnatcatcher perching Polioptila caerulea Apr 28, 2017 New
Palm Warbler perching Setophaga palmarum Apr 28, 2017	House Wren perching Troglodytes aedon Apr 28, 2017	Maple Bladdergall Mite upperside gall Vasates quadripedes Jul 20, 2022	Oak Rough Bulletgall Wasp gall Disholcaspis quercusmamma Jul 20, 2022
Oak Rough Bulletgall Wasp open gall Disholcaspis quercusmamma Jul 20, 2022	Chinquapin Oak leaves Quercus muehlenbergii Jul 20, 2022	Chinquapin Oak trunk Quercus muehlenbergii Jul 20, 2022	Contarinia Gall Midge open gall Contarinia Aug 13, 2022 New
Contarinia Gall Midge upperside gall Contarinia Aug 13, 2022	Green Cone-headed Planthopper dorsal Acanalonia conica Aug 13, 2022 New	Green Cone-headed Planthopper lateral Acanalonia conica Aug 13, 2022	Citrus Flatid Planthopper nymph waxy filaments Metcalfa pruinosa Aug 13, 2022 New
Common Pirate Spider egg sac Mimetus puritanus Aug 13, 2022 New	Two-marked Treehopper egg plugs Enchenopa binotata Aug 13, 2022	Wafer Ash Leafminer Moth upperside mine Fomoria pteliaeella Aug 13, 2022 New	American Lady upperside Vanessa virginiensis Aug 13, 2022 New
Liriomyza Leafminer Fly upperside mine Liriomyza Aug 13, 2022 New	Petunia flower Petunia Sep 10, 2022 New	Wafer Ash Leafminer Moth backlit mine Fomoria pteliaeella Sep 10, 2022	Wafer Ash Leafminer Moth upperside mine Fomoria pteliaeella Sep 10, 2022


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