Album of Newman Lake Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 10 October 2013 spider collecting trip to the McKenzie Conservation Area on the NW shore of Newman Lake, Spokane County, Washington. We collected at three different sites within this diverse 421-acre preserve: a rocky knoll (less productive); a service building for a native plant nursery and adjacent trail, pine trees and riparian meadow; and a grassy flat with cottonwood trees and trailside fir. Weather was a little dodgy today but the habitats didn't get wet until after we were through collecting; our 28-species sample included some very worthwhile spiders. Laurel's account of the day is here.
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2012 aerial view of service building site, McKenzie Conservation Area, Newman Lake, Spokane County, Washington forest trail down to lake, McKenzie Conservation Area, Newman Lake, Spokane County, Washington
Rocky knoll in upper left, riparian area on right
(Spokane County, 2012)		 Laurel forges ahead on the trail down to the lake        © Rod Crawford
bee mimic fly, Muscidae, Mesembrina sp., service building site, McKenzie Conservation Area, Newman Lake, Spokane County, Washington Laurel Ramseyer picking up pine cones, rocky knoll site, McKenzie Conservation Area, Newman Lake, Spokane County, Washington
Colorful Mesembrina fly             © Laurel Ramseyer Laurel picks up pine cones on the rocky knoll         © Rod Crawford
Polistes dominula paper wasps on service building site, McKenzie Conservation Area, Newman Lake, Spokane County, Washington native plant nursery, service building site, McKenzie Conservation Area, Newman Lake, Spokane County, Washington
Invasive Polistes dominula keeps spreading     © Laurel Ramseyer Native plant nursery with labels – very helpful!         © Laurel Ramseyer
lone ponderosa pine at garden corner, service building site, McKenzie Conservation Area, Newman Lake, Spokane County, Washington rich pine litter under lone tree, service building site, McKenzie Conservation Area, Newman Lake, Spokane County, Washington
Lone tree beside garden had the best pine cones  © Laurel Ramseyer The lone pine tree also had good litter                © Laurel Ramseyer
mound at base of Turtle Rock, service building site, McKenzie Conservation Area, Newman Lake, Spokane County, Washington submarine-shaped "Turtle Rock", service building site, McKenzie Conservation Area, Newman Lake, Spokane County, Washington
Big tree on mound rising from meadow     © Rod Crawford Called "Turtle Rock," looks like a submarine to me!        © Rod Crawford
young ponderosa pine tree, service building site, McKenzie Conservation Area, Newman Lake, Spokane County, Washington nose of "Turtle Rock," service building site, McKenzie Conservation Area, Newman Lake, Spokane County, Washington
Young pines gave us foliage to beat     © Rod Crawford Nose of the "turtle" and garden service building         © Rod Crawford
coccinellid ladybird beetle, Adalia frigida, service building site, McKenzie Conservation Area, Newman Lake, Spokane County, Washington pine cone beside oregon-grape, service building site, McKenzie Conservation Area, Newman Lake, Spokane County, Washington
Adalia frigida          © Laurel Ramseyer Cone beside Oregon-grape                  © Laurel Ramseyer
leathery shield bug Pentatomidae from cone, service building site, McKenzie Conservation Area, Newman Lake, Spokane County, Washington trailside pine cone accumulation, service building site, McKenzie Conservation Area, Newman Lake, Spokane County, Washington
Leathery-textured shield bug from cone  © Laurel Ramseyer Trailside accumulation of pine cones       © Laurel Ramseyer
green leathery shield bug Pentatomidae, service building site, McKenzie Conservation Area, Newman Lake, Spokane County, Washington grasshopper Melanoplus sp. from pine cone, service building site, McKenzie Conservation Area, Newman Lake, Spokane County, Washington
This one's greener, but perhaps same species     © Laurel Ramseyer Cones even sheltered a grasshopper              © Laurel Ramseyer
fall-colored woody plant, service building site, McKenzie Conservation Area, Newman Lake, Spokane County, Washington Shore of lake, service building site, McKenzie Conservation Area, Newman Lake, Spokane County, Washington
For once, the pretty fall colors were not poison ivy   © Rod Crawford Sedge and shrubs on the lake shore               © Rod Crawford
aerial view of cottonwood grove site, McKenzie Conservation Area, Newman Lake, Spokane County, Washington cottonwood trees, cottonwood grove site, McKenzie Conservation Area, Newman Lake, Spokane County, Washington
Aerial view of cottonwood site   (Spokane County, 2012) Despite appearance, they are cottonwoods, not birches!        © Rod Crawford
cottonwood trunk, cottonwood grove site, McKenzie Conservation Area, Newman Lake, Spokane County, Washington grand fir Abies grandis foliage, cottonwood grove site, McKenzie Conservation Area, Newman Lake, Spokane County, Washington
Closeup of trunk – yes, cottonwood!   © Rod Crawford Abies grandis foliage was productive                 © Rod Crawford
tops of grand firs Abiies grandis, cottonwood grove site, McKenzie Conservation Area, Newman Lake, Spokane County, Washington male microspider Ceratinella brunnea from leaf litter, cottonwood grove site, McKenzie Conservation Area, Newman Lake, Spokane County, Washington
Tops of the taller grand firs          © Laurel Ramseyer Ceratinella brunnea from leaf litter              © Rod Crawford
young Douglas-fir, cottonwood grove site, McKenzie Conservation Area, Newman Lake, Spokane County, Washington linyphiid spider Frontinella communis, cottonwood grove site, McKenzie Conservation Area, Newman Lake, Spokane County, Washington
Young Douglas-fir, less common          © Rod Crawford Frontinella communis from fir foliage             © Rod Crawford
crab spider Ozyptila beaufortensis from litter, cottonwood grove site, McKenzie Conservation Area, Newman Lake, Spokane County, Washington cottonwood leaf litter, cottonwood grove site, McKenzie Conservation Area, Newman Lake, Spokane County, Washington
Rare Ozyptila beaufortensis from…       © Rod Crawford A mass of cottonwood litter             © Rod Crawford
deer on road, SE of Newman Lake, Spokane County, Washington old shack, SE of Newman Lake, Spokane County, Washington
Deer crossing on way to my campsite    © Rod Crawford Old shack near my tent but not where I camped!      © Rod Crawford

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