Album of Kaner Flat (& Four Way Meadow) Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 26 June 2018 spider collecting trip to Kaner Flat Campground on the Little Naches River, which forms the border between Kittitas and Yakima Counties. We collected mainly on the Kittitas side, but our farthest-west site, at a bridge, was bi-county. We achieved our goal at Kaner Flat (47.0/121.1) early enough that we tried to fit in another gridspace sample west of the 121.2 line at the aforementioned bridge and Four Way Meadow; we barely squeaked by with a somewhat weak 21 species there. The sample at Kaner Flat had a few unusual species and brought a small prior collection up to 31 species. Lovely habitats and a beautiful day!
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Kaner Flat campground with spider site marked, 2011 airphoto, Kittitas County, Washington meadow at edge of Kaner Flat Campground, Little Naches Road, Kittitas County, Washington
Red dot shows main site beside campground  (Yakima County, 2011) Lush meadow beside campground was great habitat          © Rod Crawford
ponderosa pine trunks, Kaner Flat Campground, Little Naches Road, Kittitas County, Washington young fir tree in meadow, Kaner Flat Campground, Little Naches Road, Kittitas County, Washington
Ponderosa trees dropped plenty of cones   © Rod Crawford Plenty of young trees with accessible foliage                © Rod Crawford
crab spider Xysticus gosiutus from pine cone, Kaner Flat Campground, Little Naches Road, Kittitas County, Washington meadow beside Kaner Flat Campground, Little Naches Road, Kittitas County, Washington
Xysticus gosiutus from pine cone      © Laurel Ramseyer Looking down the meadow           © Rod Crawford
tiny brook in forest feeding into meadow, Kaner Flat Campground, Little Naches Road, Kittitas County, Washington deciduous thicket in meadow, Kaner Flat Campground, Little Naches Road, Kittitas County, Washington
Tiny brook feeds wet part of meadow     © Laurel Ramseyer Alder thicket in meadow had some litter             © Rod Crawford
meadow wildflowers, Kaner Flat Campground, Little Naches Road, Kittitas County, Washington meadow wildflowers, Kaner Flat Campground, Little Naches Road, Kittitas County, Washington
Meadow wildflowers…      © Laurel Ramseyer …and plenty more where those came from!          © Rod Crawford
female pholcid spider Pholcophora americana from pine cones, Kaner Flat Campground, Little Naches Road, Kittitas County, Washington trailhead in meadow, Kaner Flat Campground, Little Naches Road, Kittitas County, Washington
Pholcophora americana           © Laurel Ramseyer Trailhead gave forest access                 © Laurel Ramseyer
prophalangopsid orthopteran insect, Cyphoderris monstrosa, Kaner Flat Campground, Little Naches Road, Kittitas County, Washington conifer foliage habitat, Kaner Flat Campground, Little Naches Road, Kittitas County, Washington
Cyphoderris monstrosa          © Laurel Ramseyer More good conifer foliage habitat            © Rod Crawford
male crab spider Apollophanes margareta from outhouse, Kaner Flat Campground, Little Naches Road, Kittitas County, Washington outhouse with diverse spiders, Kaner Flat Campground, Little Naches Road, Kittitas County, Washington
Apollophanes margareta from…        © Laurel Ramseyer The outhouse with the diverse spiders           © Laurel Ramseyer
dictynid spider Mallos niveus from outhouse, Kaner Flat Campground, Little Naches Road, Kittitas County, Washington anyphaenid spider Anyphaena pacifica from outhouse, Kaner Flat Campground, Little Naches Road, Kittitas County, Washington
Uncommon Mallos niveus from outhouse        © Laurel Ramseyer And a welcome adult of Anyphaena pacifica       © Laurel Ramseyer
2011 aerial view, vicniity of Four Way Meadow, Little Naches River, Kittitas County, Washington river at bridge near Four Way Meadow, Little Naches River, Kittitas County, Washington
Four Way Meadow & bridge sites    (Yakima County, 2011) Little Naches River at bridge               © Rod Crawford
bridge railing near Four Way Meadow, Little Naches River, Kittitas County, Washington river seen through alders, Four Way Meadow, Little Naches River, Kittitas County, Washington
Bridge railing, searched for spiders       © Rod Crawford Little Naches River glimpsed through alders        © Rod Crawford
large female Callobius from riverbank, Four Way Meadow, Little Naches River, Kittitas County, Washington river bank cobbles near Four Way Meadow, Little Naches River, Kittitas County, Washington
Large female Callobius           © Laurel Ramseyer River bank cobbles, where Callobius was found               © Laurel Ramseyer
dead wood and understory habitats, Four Way Meadow, Little Naches River, Kittitas County, Washington forest understory near Four Way Meadow, Little Naches River, Kittitas County, Washington
Dead wood & understory habitats       © Laurel Ramseyer There was much sweepable understory                     © Laurel Ramseyer
butterfly Oeneis nevadensis at bridge near Four Way Meadow, Little Naches River, Kittitas County, Washington Four Way Meadow, Little Naches River, Kittitas County, Washington
Oeneis nevadensis              © Laurel Ramseyer Four Way Meadow at last!                © Rod Crawford
yellow monkeyflower Mimulus guttatus, Four Way Meadow, Little Naches River, Kittitas County, Washington lush sedge at Four Way Meadow, Little Naches River, Kittitas County, Washington
Yellow monkeyflower          © Rod Crawford Lush growth of sedge, richest part of meadow            © Rod Crawford
one solitary white pine cone near bridge, Four Way Meadow, Little Naches River, Kittitas County, Washington sedge litter from Four Way Meadow, Little Naches River, Kittitas County, Washington
One solitary white pine cone— with no spiders   © Laurel Ramseyer Thick sedge litter looked so promising, produced so little       © Rod Crawford
Little Naches River from Chinook Pass Highway, Yakima County, Washington Mt Rainier from near Chinook Pass, afternoon of 26 June 2018
Little Naches River from Chinook Pass Highway    © Rod Crawford Mount Rainier on a sunny afternoon                 © Rod Crawford
Mt. Rainier from Enumclaw, Washington on 26 June 2018 sunset with smoke near Tukwila, Washington on 26 June 2018
Mt. Rainier from Enumclaw           © Rod Crawford Sunset and smoke near Tukwila            © Rod Crawford

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