Earthy colors all around. An insect house at the Ladd Arboretum illuminated by rare winter sunshine, on an unseasonal warm February afternoon. (Photo by Joerg Metzner, 2-12-23) Credit: Joerg Metzner

Earthy colors all around. An insect house at the Ladd Arboretum illuminated by rare winter sunshine on an unseasonal warm February afternoon. (Photo by Joerg Metzner)

Joerg Metzner

Joerg Metzner is a photographer and graphic designer from Germany who has been calling Evanston home since 1993.

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  1. That is actually a piece of public art. If you see it from the other side, you will see a “bonnet” on top. So it was given a female name, “Meg Chilidae, Prairie Sanctuary,” after the megachilidae family of a native pollinator. It is, consequently, a dwelling for indigenous pollinators, solitary bees and other insects. By Janet Austin and Emily Mooerhead Wallace of Chicago Sculptors International.”

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