Red-spotted Purple butterfly on our 1 acre prairie.  11 species of butterflies today.

Question Mark butterfly.  The Comma and the Question Mark are very similar, but I think this is a Question Mark.

Pearl Crescent butterfly.

Common Yellowthroat on Cup Plant.  Had to shoot facing sun, but he spooked when I went to other side.  Notice his black face mask which allows this bird to be easily identified.

Yellow Coneflower (officially the Gray-headed  Coneflower).  Our prairie is in its yellow phase, as many yellow species are now blooming.

Black Swallowtail.

Tiger Swallowtail.

Red Admiral on Purple Coneflower.

Bumblebee moth on our prairie today.  It really is only slightly larger than a female Bumblebee.

Giant Swallowtail.  An uncommon species in Minnesota, but we have been seeing more of these here in the last few years. This is the first one we have seen this year.

St. John's-wort on our prairie.

Black-eyed Susan.

Female 12-spotted Skimmer dragonfly.

Female, newly emerged Monarch.  Our prairie has abundant Milkweed and we continue to see many new Monarchs daily.