Album of Lonesome Lake Field Trip

Selected photos (by Rod Crawford and Markku Savela) from our 23 July spider and image collecting trip to Lonesome Lake and Huckleberry Ridge, just north of Mt. Rainier National Park, Pierce County, Washington. High-quality, high elevation areas were our goal because of the late season, and we found some! The day's work produced 32 spider species (also a few mosquito bites), including some very interesting records. There weren't too many butterflies around, this being on the west side of the Cascades, but Markku got a few excellent photos.
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1993 aerial photo of Lonesome Lake, Pierce County, Washington Lonesome Lake, Pierce County, Washington
Aerial view of the lake                (USGS, 1993) First view of Lonesome Lake; we kept it company     © Rod Crawford
dead wood in forest at Lonesome Lake, Pierce County, Washington microspider Tapinocyba dietrichi Linyphiidae, Lonesome Lake, Pierce County, Washington
Productive dead wood and fir litter         © Rod Crawford Tapinocyba dietrichi from fir litter                © Rod Crawford
microspider Mythoplastoides erectus Linyphiidae, Lonesome Lake, Pierce County, Washington log with loose bark, Lonesome Lake, Pierce County, Washington
Mythoplastoides erectus from fallen bark  © Rod Crawford Log with loose bark              © Rod Crawford
true fir foliage Abies sp., Lonesome Lake, Pierce County, Washington lakeside subalpine forest, Lonesome Lake, Pierce County, Washington
True fir foliage           © Rod Crawford Subalpine forest by lake          © Rod Crawford
abdomen of undescribed Pityohyphantes sp., linyphiid spider, Lonesome Lake, Pierce County, Washington geometrid moth Rheumaptera hastata, Lonesome Lake, Pierce County, Washington
Colorful abdomen of an unnamed Pityohyphantes   © Rod Crawford Rheumaptera hastata mudding           © Markku Savela
Pardosa sp. (nigra group), wolf spider Lycosidae, Lonesome Lake, Pierce County, Washington shore of Lonesome Lake, Pierce County, Washington
Pardosa sp. (nigra group) on shore    © Markku Savela Habitat of late-surviving wolf spiders             © Rod Crawford
cascade frog Rana cascadae, Lonesome Lake, Pierce County, Washington meadow around shore of Lonesome Lake, Pierce County, Washington
Mr. Frog, disturbed under lakeside wood   © Rod Crawford Narrow meadow around lake rim            © Rod Crawford
Rod Crawford going through spider catch on shore of Lonesome Lake, Pierce County, Washington tiger beetle Cicindela oregona, Lonesome Lake, Pierce County, Washington
Rod sorting through meadow sweep   © Markku Savela Cicindela oregona           © Markku Savela
crab spider Xysticus locuples, Lonesome Lake, Pierce County, Washington theridiid spider Steatoda hespera, Lonesome Lake, Pierce County, Washington
Markku found Xysticus locuples on the outhouse    © Markku Savela …while I found Steatoda hespera inside           © Rod Crawford
Mule Creek just below Mule Lake, Pierce County, Washington Mule Creek just below Mule Lake, Pierce County, Washington
Mule Creek looked shady and attractive    © Rod Crawford There was lush vegetation on the banks   © Rod Crawford
unknown Theridion species, Mule Creek just below Mule Lake, Pierce County, Washington Mule Creek just below Mule Lake, Pierce County, Washington
But the one unusual spider was a juvenile Theridion  © Rod Crawford Lovely moss beds also proved unproductive         © Rod Crawford
flower meadow on crest of Huckleberry Ridge, Pierce County, Washington crest of Huckleberry Ridge, Pierce County, Washington
Last stop, subalpine flower meadow       © Rod Crawford …on crest of Huckleberry Ridge              © Markku Savela
Rod Crawford at crest of Huckleberry Ridge, Pierce County, Washington sheetweb weaver spider Pityohyphantes minidoka, crest of Huckleberry Ridge, Pierce County, Washington
Rod ready to start sweeping       © Markku Savela Pityohyphantes minidoka          © Rod Crawford
Indian paintbrush, Castilleja sp., crest of Huckleberry Ridge, Pierce County, Washington geranium plume moth Amblyptilia pica, crest of Huckleberry Ridge, Pierce County, Washington
Local Indian paintbrush species     © Markku Savela …food plant of Amblyptilia pica        © Markku Savela
meadow slope with conifers, crest of Huckleberry Ridge, Pierce County, Washington Mount Rainier from the road to Huckleberry Ridge, Pierce County, Washington
Rich meadow and conifer foliage      © Rod Crawford A glimpse of our big neighbor Mt. Rainier         © Rod Crawford
thimbleberry, Rubus parviflor Forest Road 75 to Huckleberry Ridge, Pierce County, Washington
Thimbleberry, Rubus parviflorus     © Rod Crawford A herd of elk was there seconds ago! Honest!         © Rod Crawford

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