Album of Haynes Estate Conservation Area Field Trips

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from spider collecting trips on 8 October 2013 (in the rain) and 9 October (in the sun) to the Haynes Estate Conservation Area on the Little Spokane River, Spokane County, Washington. On Tuesday the rain began just as we belatedly arrived, but we still managed to get 11 species in a very short time before calling it a day. On Wednesday, habitats had nicely dried out when we revisited the preserve after a day farther down the same river; we boosted the sample to 24 species with another very short visit, including rarities like Ceratinella brunnea and Meioneta danielbelangeri. See here and here for Laurel's accounts of this site.
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aerial photo of sampled areas in Haynes Estate Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington Laurel Ramseyer hunts pine cones, Haynes Estate Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington
Our sites, right edge, upper left corner     (Spokane County, 2012) Laurel sets off to hunt for wet pine cones             © Rod Crawford
jumping spider Platycryptus californicus, Haynes Estate Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington entry sign of Haynes Estate Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington
Platycryptus californicus         © Rod Crawford Sign provided shelter for me, habitat for Platycryptus          © Rod Crawford
linyphiid sheetweb spider Pityohypghantes minidoka from fir tree, Haynes Estate Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington ponderosa pine trees, Haynes Estate Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington
Pityohyphantes minidoka        © Rod Crawford First ponderosa pine grove for the site          © Laurel Ramseyer
pine cones in place, Haynes Estate Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington grassy field wet with rain, Haynes Estate Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington
Three cones (but no Goldilocks)      © Laurel Ramseyer Grassy area near entry on wet Tuesday            © Rod Crawford
field grass, Haynes Estate Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington grassy area dried out on 9 Oct. 2013, Haynes Estate Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington
The grass I hurriedly swept before it got too wet   © Rod Crawford Same grassy area on dry Wednesday         © Rod Crawford
egg sac of hoto spider under board, Haynes Estate Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington Rod Crawford hunting for hobo spider under boards, Haynes Estate Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington
Board concealed a hobo spider egg sac  © Laurel Ramseyer Rod hunting for the hobo spider that laid the eggs         © Laurel Ramseyer
parking lot of Haynes Estate Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington edge of pine forest above Little Spokane River, Haynes Estate Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington
Edge of parking lot on sunny Wednesday © Laurel Ramseyer Edge of pine forest overlooks river floodplain       © Laurel Ramseyer
unproductive leaf litter by Little Spokane River, Haynes Estate Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington Rod Crawford sifting pine-leaf litter, Haynes Estate Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington
This-year-only leaf litter along river was spider-free     
© Rod Crawford		 Rod sifting the better litter from higher up         © Laurel Ramseyer
riparian shrub understory by Little Spokane River, Haynes Estate Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington microspider Linyphiidae Ceratinella brunnea from Little Spokane River litter, Haynes Estate Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington
Dense shrub understory along river        © Rod Crawford Rare Ceratinella brunnea sifted from litter              © Rod Crawford
cottonwood tree Populus trichocarpa along Little Spokane River, Haynes Estate Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington grassy bank of Little Spokane River, Haynes Estate Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington
This cottonwood dropped the spider-free litter        © Rod Crawford Grassy bank of the Little Spokane River               © Rod Crawford
odd boulder beside trail, Haynes Estate Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington tent in old roadbed east of Newman Lake, Spokane County, Washington
Odd boulder beside the trail          © Rod Crawford Tent-setting in the dark was a comedy of errors              © Rod Crawford

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