On Groundhog Day 2020, Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow, predicting an early spring. While his success rate in predicting the weather is merely 40%, we would gladly welcome an early spring in Chicago!
These serenading butterflies in the prairie were captured on camera in spring 2019.
Can you identify these insects?
This monarch chrysalis was spotted last year in the Fermilab Garden area.
This red admiral butterfly, Vanessa atalanta, was spotted on Wilson Road.
Flashback Friday: At the Playgroup garden, a monarch butterfly pollinates milkweed. Photo: Luciano Elementi
The Fermilab Playgroup have raised monarch butterflies from eggs found on milkweed at the Children’s Garden.
A monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) flutters through the flowers on a warm summer Monday morning.
These 2011 photos remind us what we might be able to capture on camera this summer — perhaps a swallowtail butterfly on thistle.
The Fermilab land offers so many wildflowers to enjoy.
A clouded sulphur butterfly appreciates the sun’s warming rays on this 26-degree Fahrenheit morning, Nov. 22.