June 20, 2026 – Our June field trip included a visit to Volo Bog (near McHenry, Illinois). Since this was roughly a 3 hour drive from central Illinois, some of us elected to spend Friday night at a hotel. We had 6 members of our group participate. We spent a fir amount of time photograqphing insects at the bog. We used the boardwalk train to the eye of the bog and some of us also visited the observation tower along the Tamarack Trail.

After visiting the bog, some of us visited Moraine Hills State Park.

I have included some of the photos from our trip in the gallery below. Both Volo Bog and Moraine Hills State Park. Thanks to Jose for taking the group selfies. You will also find many more photos in our Facebook group page. I hope you enjoy the photos and we hope you will be able to participate in our next field trip (on July 18).