Album of Eagle Creek Field Trip

Selected photos from the spider collecting field trip to Eagle Creek, a foothill valley site with meadows and varied forest habitats, north of Leavenworth, Chelan County, Washington on 26 April 2007 with Laurel Ramseyer and Rod Crawford. Photos by both, as credited. On a brief visit to supplement a previous partial sample, spider collecting proved rich here.
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Rod Crawford in riparian meadow, Eagle Creek, Chelan County, Washington Riparian meadow, Eagle Creek, Chelan County, Washington
Spider collector arrives on the scene   © L.Ramseyer Edge of riparian meadow             © Laurel Ramseyer
Alnus alder trunks, Eagle Creek, Chelan County, Washington cottonwood-alder riparian woodland, Eagle Creek, Chelan County, Washington
Alder trunks            © Laurel Ramseyer In the riparian deciduous woodland        © Rod Crawford
Urtica, nettle, riparian woodland, Eagle Creek, Chelan County, Washington Urtica, nettle, riparian woodland, Eagle Creek, Chelan County, Washington
Potent newly emerged nettles   © Laurel Ramseyer These nettles carpeted the woodland        © Rod Crawford
Sitticus sylvestris, jumping spider, from leaf litter, Eagle Creek, Chelan County, Washington cottonwood-alder leaf litter, Eagle Creek, Chelan County, Washington
Sitticus sylvestris       © Rod Crawford Cottonwood-alder litter habitat              © Rod Crawford
Formica sp. thatching ant nest in woodland, Eagle Creek, Chelan County, Washington Pityohyphantes minidoka sheetweb weaver web on log, Eagle Creek, Chelan County, Washington
Thatching ant nest in woods  © Laurel Ramseyer Pityohyphantes minidoka web           © Laurel Ramseyer
dead bumble bee on road scavenged by ants, Eagle Creek, Chelan County, Washington Neriene digna sheetweb weaver web on tree trunk, Eagle Creek, Chelan County, Washington
Ants scavenge dead bumble bee   © L. Ramseyer Neriene digna web on lichened trunk      © Laurel Ramseyer
planthopper Fulguroidea molting on Balsamorhiza, Eagle Creek, Chelan County, Washington lichens on tree trunk, Eagle Creek, Chelan County, Washington
Newly molted planthopper       © L. Ramseyer Three lichen species on cottonwood trunk     © Laurel Ramseyer
riparian meadow ground surface, Eagle Creek, Chelan County, Washington riparian meadow and alder copse, Eagle Creek, Chelan County, Washington
Wolf spider habitat in meadow      © Rod Crawford Riparian meadow and alder copse        © Rod Crawford
Balsamorhiza balsamroot flowers, Eagle Creek, Chelan County, Washington Balsamorhiza balsamroot flower with Misumenops crab spider, Eagle Creek, Chelan County, Washington
Hillside of Balsamorhiza     © Laurel Ramseyer Misumenops on Balsamorhiza            © Laurel Ramseyer
flower crab spider Misumena vatia male behind stem of Balsamorhiza balsamroot, Eagle Creek, Chelan County, Washington male flower crab spider Misumena vatia from Eagle Creek, Chelan County, Washington
Legs behind Balsamorhiza stem    © Laurel Ramseyer Male Misumena vatia                     © Rod Crawford

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