Close up of light green mantis head and claw at the top, mouth covered by a tawny honey bee victim, wings hanging vertical to the bottom of the photo, black background (created in camera).

Female Carolina mantis w/honey bee
10-2-25 on Chicago’s 606 walkway

(Stagmomantis carolina)
📸 Olympus 90mm ISO200 f18 1/250

More photos below 👇

#macroMonday #eastcoastkin #mantisMonday #bugSky #native #insects #macrophotography #macro #photography #nature #art #chicago #BloomingdaleTrail #resist

Square photo with background oval center of yellow & orange flower, foreground lateral view of spider biting upside-down fly.

Female Bold jumping spider
(Phidippus audax)

on false sunflower
with fly prey

last week in Chicago, Illinois
on the 606 walkway

#macroMonday #eastcoastkin #arachnids #jumpers #jumpingSpiders #nature #native #spiders #predators #chicago #bloomingdaleTrail #macro #photography #macrophotography

📸 Olympus OM-3 90mm ISO200 f11 1/250

Pure green sweat bee
(Augochlora pura)

on false sunflower morning
on the 606 trail earlier this week
in the free city of Chicago, Illinois

#ColorADay #GreenSat #blueskyartshow #home #eastcoastkin #native #bees #pollinators #nature #macro #photography #macrophotography #chicago #bloomingdaletrail

A Bloomingdale Trail Geocache!

#geocache #geocaching #chicago #bloomingdaletrail #bike #run #explore #outdoors #treasure #park

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#Diddy
#Illinois
#Chicago
#BloomingdaleTrailPark
#BloomingdaleTrail
@thebloomingdale
#ElevatedRailTrack
#BriceDailyPhoto

So I guess @The606Chicago is opening on Monday 6/22, with the rule that you have to keep moving. It’s a start! #the606 #bloomingdaletrail

@gabe_klein #BloomingdaleTrail not as catchy as #HighLine