Jennings Environmental Education Center

We visited Jennings Environmental Education Center on May 27, and found the woodland wildflowers going to seed and the prairie wildflowers not yet budding. It was a lovely day following heavy rain, so the trails were muddy, perfect condition for butterflies! They often get important minerals by sipping at muddy water.

Red-spotted purple butterfly.
Red-spotted purple butterfly.
American lady butterfly.
American lady butterfly.
Citrine sallow moth caterpillar.
Common sanddragon dragonfly.
Jack in the pulpit.
Orchard orbweaver spider.
Red-spotted purple butterfly.
Viceroy butterfly.
Rattlesnake weed.
Red-spotted purple. It landed on my bag!
Daisy fleabane. 
Buttercup.
Wood sorrel.
Nesting robins.
Robin.
Violet.
Dame's rocket.
Water strider.
Red velvet mite.
Box elder bugs.
Box elder bugs.
Chickweed.

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