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 7.
See all of the New Mexico trip posts at New Mexico 2026.
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| Galls induced by the larvae of an unidentified species of Acraspis wasp. |
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| Hoary Tanyaster, Dieteria canescens |
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| Common Yarrow |
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| Prickly Pear cacti |
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| Unidentified, very tall, kinda slimy mushroom |
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| Unidentified solitary predatory wasp |
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| Pretty dark blue |
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| Unidentified beetle in the scarab superfamily. You may have heard that a scarab and a dung beetle are the same thing, but there are three taxa known as scarabs. There is the scarab superfamily, which is every scarab and dung beetle species; the scarab family, which includes june beetles, flower chafers, giant horned scarabs (stag beetles are a different family), and true dung beetles. Finally, there is the scarab subfamily, aka true dung beetles. And then there are other dung beetle families, which do eat dung, but are not considered true dung beetles |
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| Unidentified polypores |
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| Pretty |
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| Spider web |
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| Unidentifed twirler moth |
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| My dad spotted this moth for me, and only did so because he saw it fly in. |
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| Stinking Parasol mushroom |
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| Mushroom |
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| Mushroom |
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| Chromelosporium, the asexually reproducing stage of many mushrooms in the pezizaceae family |
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| Cowpen Daisy. Native to the southwestern quarter of the US and northern Mexico, it has been introduced to the eastern US, Spain, the Middle East, Argentina, Australia, and many Pacific islands |
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| Unidentified mushroom |
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| Mushrooms |
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| Mule Deer (Rocky Mountain subspecies |
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