Selected photos by Rod
Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 18 May 2019 spider collecting trip to East Kittitas (one of those named railroad sidings, now the site of one house and one hay barn), Kittitas County, where we collected in grassy field, sagebrush, building and rocky habitats. We also hit a willow grove on the other side of the freeway. Total, 35 species. Then we completed our sampling in Badger Pocket, a remote, peaceful valley to the south, visiting some different roadside habitats for a total of 27 species there.
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4 collecting sites around East Kittitas (Kittitas County, 2015) | The East Kittitas trailhead © Rod Crawford |
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Hay barn with spiders on walls © Rod Crawford | Grassy field with spiders to be swept © Rod Crawford |
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Sagebrush has different spiders © Rod Crawford | Male Xysticus cunctator © Laurel Ramseyer |
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Juvenile Araneus on barn wall © Laurel Ramseyer | Rod sweeping by irrigation canal © Laurel Ramseyer |
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Tibellus oblongus on barn wall © Laurel Ramseyer | Sagebrush along the John Wayne Trail © Laurel Ramseyer |
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Erigeron lilnearis, yellow desert daisy © Rod Crawford | You want rocks? Trail cuts through a big rock! © Rod Crawford |
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Laurel at shaly cliff © Rod Crawford | Plenty of rocks to turn over © Rod Crawford |
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Coenonympha tullia © Laurel Ramseyer | Geologically interesting cliff © Rod Crawford |
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View of the valley from quarry © Laurel Ramseyer | Old rock quarry near the trail © Rod Crawford |
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Ebo evansae on bridge railing © Laurel Ramseyer | Willow grove with good leaf litter © Laurel Ramseyer |
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Hololena web on bridge © Laurel Ramseyer | Bridge across Parke Creek © Laurel Ramseyer |
We ended our day by completing the spider sample in quiet Badger Pocket:
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Horses keeping tabs on us © Laurel Ramseyer | Sweepable habitat along Turbine Ditch © Laurel Ramseyer |
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"Whinny?" "Neigh!" © Laurel Ramseyer | Rod in small marsh beside Turbine Ditch © Laurel Ramseyer |
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Sagebrush above the road © Rod Crawford | Looking down dead-end Ross Road in Badger Pocket © Rod Crawford |
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Elm leaf litter © Rod Crawford | Elm tree & rubble pile, promising habitats © Rod Crawford |
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Concrete rubble had some spiders © Rod Crawford | Rod approaches the rubble pile © Laurel Ramseyer |
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Turbine Ditch at Ross & Morrison © Laurel Ramseyer | Early-evening view across the valley © Laurel Ramseyer |
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Laurel's row of Ponderosa pines © Rod Crawford | Sunset somewhere on I-90 © Rod Crawford |
This page last updated 23 July, 2019