Tiger Swallowtail butterfly on teasel

Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly (Papilio glaucus) on teasel (Dipsaucus fullonum).

http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Papilio-glaucus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipsacus_fullonum

Obedient plant

This is obedient plant (Physostegia virginiana).  It is called obedient plant because when you push one of the flowers to the other side of the stalk, it will stay where you pushed it.  This is a native plant although it is often planted in gardens and this could be a garden escape.

http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/plantx/obed_plantx.htm

Crayfish

Here is a crayfish, don't know what species.  Here are some links that might help figure out what species it is:

http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/files/fw_Burrowing_Crayfish_of_Indiana_March_2008.pdf

http://iz.carnegiemnh.org/crayfish/country_pages/state_pages/indiana.htm

Great Blue Lobelia

 

Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica).

http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/wetland/plants/gb_lobeliax.htm

Queen-of-the-prairie

Queen-of-the-prairie (Filipendula rubra).  This is a nice plant to find growing at Americus. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipendula_rubra
http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/wetland/plants/pr_queen.htm

Here is more Queen-of-the-prairie in its habitat.  Notice the cattails indicate wet soil.

White turtlehead

White turtlehead (Chelone glabra).  The presence of this plant indicates a habitat of high ecological value.

http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/wetland/plants/wh_turtlehead.htm

Monarch butterfly on mountain mint

Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) on Slender mountain mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch_butterfly

http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/plantx/slm_mintx.htm

American bellflower

American bellflower (Campanulastrum americanum)

http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/woodland/plants/am_bellflower.htm

https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CAAM18

Marsh marigold

Marsh marigold (Caltha palustris)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caltha_palustris

http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/wetland/plants/marsh_marigold.htm

Box turtle

Eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina)

Link to eastern box turtle: