New Mexico, Sept.- October, 2019.

Smooth Green snake, Taos Canyon, 9/21.

Plateau Whiptail, mouth of Taos Canyon, 9/21.

Prairie Rattler, Petaca Canyon, 10/1.

Praying Mantis, Seton Village, Santa Fe, 10/4.

Bighorns along the road at Carson, 10/6.
 

Desert surprises.

Praying mantis egg case on Creosote bush. Is this a common thing? I never would have thought that mantises would live in that kind of environment.

 Honeycombs. I was tempted but.....

 Donanas and Organ Mtns.

 Organ Mtns., Las Cruces.

Organ peak.