Category Archives: Wildlife

poanes hobomok Monday, June 30, 2008 — 12:12 pm Barrington, Illinois — Baker’s Lake I walked through the wooded park on the bluff to take photos of the American White Pelicans that were hanging around. On my way back to … Continue reading →

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 →