Category Archives: Wildlife

The Illinois State Museum site says this: The dogbane leaf beetle has a special type of color that shines and changes as the insect changes position or as we change position while looking at it. This changing color is called … Continue reading →

Monarchs are the best known of the milkweed butterflies, so called because their larvae (caterpillars) feed almost exclusively on milkweek plants (as this one is). The chemicals they take in from the plants make them taste awful, which makes most … Continue reading →

chrysemys scripta elegans Thursday, June 26, 2008 — 7:20 pm Cary, Illinois — Route 14 OK, this was weird. I wander around outside a lot, as you know, often in forest preserves and state parks and such. And when I … Continue reading →

sternotherus odoratus Thursday, June 26, 2008 — 6:53 pm Cary, Illinois — Route 14 I strolled across the Fox River to Fox River Grove to take photos. On the way back, I spotted this small turtle in the grass right … Continue reading →

One evening in late June, I went for a walk to search for wildlife to photograph. The only wildlife I found was mosquitoes, and so …