From 9.29.26-10.5.26 my father, sister and I drove from Chicago, IL to Las Vegas, NM and back. This is part of Day 1.
See all of the New Mexico trip posts at New Mexico 2026.
This post contains content of insects mating
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| Widow Skimmer |
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| Cool |
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| Monarch |
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| Yummy goldenrod |
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| Flat |
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| In front of some dead Eastern Redcedar (actually a juniper, not a true cedar) needles |
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| Spotted Cucumber Beetle |
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| On wild rose leaves, some of the last of the season. (Wild roses are actual roses, just not the ones that are sold at the florist) |
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| Spotted Cucumber Beetle on Big or Little Bluestem, I think little. |
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| Metric Paper Wasp |
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| Three small eyes on top of head in a triangle, known as ocelli |
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| Metric Paper Wasps do not actually use the metric system, nor the imperial system |
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| Monarch |
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| Flying off (my camera didn't get the upper half of the butterfly) |
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| Eastern Pondhawk |
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| Eastern Tailed Blue [butterfly] |
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| Flying off! |
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| Short-winged Green Grasshopper, bearing exceptionally short wings |
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| A new species for us! |
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| Eastern Amberwings (about to mate) |
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| Female boops the male's head |
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| Male flies over to the female |
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| Mating |
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| Flying of |
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| Flying back over |
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| Still flying |
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| Perched |
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| Evergreen Bagworm. Despite the name, it also eats herbaceous plant leaves. Many sources list it feeding on roses, and some state universities list it eating Wild Cherry leaves, which is also in the rose family |
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| Unidentified grasshopper |
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| Huron Sachem, a species of Skipper butterfly |
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| Unidentified water strider |
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| Fall Field Cricket nymph |
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