Pumpkin Spider, Squirrel's Carving, 'Kazoo': IL In Photos

ACROSS ILLINOIS — With fall in full swing, the photos submitted by Patch readers throughout Illinois continue to get more colorful. This week, as expected, was heavy on pumpkin-related submissions. But there's still the animal life and nature beauties that we get every week.

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Scroll through these images below for the best of the week.