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

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Here's our front yard native plant garden, which attracts monarchs, bumble bees, humming birds, and many other pollinators. #nativeplants #wildflowers #garden #Illinois #photography

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The dragonflies are starting to make an appearance. A Prince Baskettail (Epitheca princeps) in the garden next to our patio this morning. #dragonfly #dragonflies #Odonata #Illinois #nature #photography #wildlifephotography

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A couple of monarch caterpillar siblings sharing a snack on a common milkweed leaf. #nativeplants #Illinois #nature #SaveTheMonarch

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They're back! An Eastern Yellow-backed Laphria (Laphria thoracica) feasting on a beetle in the backyard today. #insects #robberfly #Illinois #nature #photography #wildlifephotography

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The monarchs are back! This female was laying eggs on our swamp milkweed this afternoon. If you look closely, you can see her depositing the egg. #butterfly #butterflies #Lepidoptera #nativeplants #Illinois #nature #macro #photography #SaveTheMonarch

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A Ichneumon Wasp (Trogus sp.) looking for swallowtail caterpillars on our Golden Alexanders today. #wasps #nativeplants #Illinois #nature #macro #photography #wildlifephotography

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@prairieguy2016 Getting Indiana Jones vibes from this selfie. 😀

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@PlantNativeWI Nice! Wild petunia is a great plant. It grows in between other natives and is very drought tolerant.

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Neighbors hate my natural, native pollinator yard. They keep submitting complaints to code enforcement. I can now tell code enforcement to drop their pants, take a step back, and literally fuck themselves. Feels great.

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Face to face with a male carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) in our backyard today. #bees #pollinators #Illinois #nature #photography #wildlifephotography

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A male carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) hovering around our backyard patio today. #bees #pollinators #Illinois #nature #photography #wildlifephotography

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Largest Known Collection of Bees Discovered Living in a Cemetery https://t.co/kpT4UTN4Qw

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Here's our Dunning's miner bee (Andrena dunningi) nesting area, which is densely populated. Unfortunately, the bees weren't that active above ground today. A bee finally makes an appearance at the end of the video. #bees #pollinators #nature

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A female and a male Dunning’s miner bee (Andrena dunningi) in the front yard this morning. #bees #pollinators #insects #Illinois #nature #photography #Spring

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Happy Easter! This morning, we received a visit from a male common green darner dragonfly (Anax junius). A beautiful spring gift indeed! #dragonfly #dragonflies #Odonata #Illinois #nature #photography #spring

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Today's activities in the front yard with our resident Dunning’s miner bees (Andrena dunningi). #bees #pollinators #insects #Illinois #nature #photography #Spring

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Dunning’s miner bees (Andrena dunningi) have emerged in the front yard again this year! #bees #pollinators #insects #Illinois #nature #photography #Spring

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Largest Known Collection of Bees Discovered Living in a Cemetery https://t.co/kpT4UTN4Qw

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Here's our Dunning's miner bee (Andrena dunningi) nesting area, which is densely populated. Unfortunately, the bees weren't that active above ground today. A bee finally makes an appearance at the end of the video. #bees #pollinators #nature

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@PlantNativeWI Nice! That's a female Dunning's miner bee (Andrena dunningi). I have dozens building nests in my front yard.

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A female and a male Dunning’s miner bee (Andrena dunningi) in the front yard this morning. #bees #pollinators #insects #Illinois #nature #photography #Spring