Album of Flat Lake Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 11 June 2021 spider collecting trip to Flat Lake, east of the Columbia River in Grant County, Washington. One of the few places with no chance of rain that day, the treeless habitat wasn't as rich as some of our West Side sites but yielded a sufficient 29 species sample, some of them especially interesting. Green marsh grass, dry steppe grass, grass litter, milkweed, an outhouse, rocks and especially sagebrush all added species; the genus Dictyna was unusually diverse on vegetation and a bridge.
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Flat Lake, Washington and vicinity (Grant County 2013 aerial photo) Burke Lake from east parking lot, Grant County, Washington
Flat Lake & vicinity with 3 collecting sites in red    (Grant Co., 2013) East end of Burke Lake from parking lot                 © Rod Crawford
outhouse at east end of Burke Lake, Grant County, Washington terrain between road and Flat Lake, Grant County, Washington
Burke Lake outhouse had a few good spiders       © Rod Crawford Flat Lake's gotta be somewhere out there          © Rod Crawford
cheat grass Bromus tectorum, Flat Lake, Grant County, Washington first glimpse of Flat Lake, Grant County, Washington
Cheat grass lurking in wait for our socks    © Rod Crawford Ah, there it is!                   © Rod Crawford
flowers near Flat Lake, Grant County, Washington bay at east end of Flat Lake, Grant County, Washington
Flower, to be identified         © Laurel Ramseyer The lake may be flat but it's still beautiful                       © Rod Crawford
crab spider Misumenops lepidus on milkweed flower, Flat Lake, Grant County, Washington milkweed plant, Flat Lake, Grant County, Washington
Misumenops lepidus on milkweed flower          © Laurel Ramseyer Milkweed was common                   © Rod Crawford
milkweed borer Tetraopes, Cerambycidae, Flat Lake, Grant County, Washington web on milkweed leaf, Flat Lake, Grant County, Washington
Tetraopes milkweed borer              © Laurel Ramseyer Web on milkweed leaf                     © Laurel Ramseyer
Laurel Ramseyer sweeping field layer, Flat Lake, Grant County, Washington field layer of dry steppe land, Flat Lake, Grant County, Washington
Laurel sweeping field layer of dry steppe     © Rod Crawford But there's so much, much more to sweep!                  © Rod Crawford
jumping spider Sassacus papenhoei, Flat Lake, Grant County, Washington sagebrush and tumbleweed, Artemisia tridentata & Salsola kali, Flat Lake, Grant County, Washington
Shiny Sassacus papenhoei lives on sagebrush      © Laurel Ramseyer Sagebrush and tumbleweed                   © Laurel Ramseyer
Philodromus insperatus from Flat Lake, Grant County, Washington scenic view of Flat Lake, Grant County, Washington
Philodromus insperatus also common on sagebrush   © Rod Crawford Scenic view of Flat Lake, milkweed in foreground          © Laurel Ramseyer
Dictyna web in typical habitat, Flat Lake, Grant County, Washington closeup of Dictyna web, Flat Lake, Grant County, Washington
Dictyna web in typical habitat            © Laurel Ramseyer Closeup of Dictyna web                      © Laurel Ramseyer
old female of spider Dictyna coloradensis, Flat Lake, Grant County, Washington isolated Russian Olive tree, Eleagnus, Flat Lake, Grant County, Washington
Old female Dictyna coloradensis       © Laurel Ramseyer Isolated Russian Olive, only tree around Flat Lake          © Laurel Ramseyer
Rod Crawford sweeping under West Canal Bridge, east of Flat Lake, Grant County, Washington West Canal Bridge, east of Flat Lake, Grant County, Washington
Rod trying to sweep emergent grass under…     © Laurel Ramseyer …bridge over West Canal                   © Rod Crawford
swallow nests under ledge of West Canal Bridge, east of Flat Lake, Grant County, Washington swallows in flight beside West Canal Bridge, east of Flat Lake, Grant County, Washington
Swallow nests under ledge of bridge          © Rod Crawford The swallows doing their thing                 © Rod Crawford
Laurel Ramseyer collecting spiders from West Canal Bridge, east of Flat Lake, Grant County, Washington rainbow from near West Canal Bridge, east of Flat Lake, Grant County, Washington on 11 June 2021
Laurel collects more Dictyna from railings   © Rod Crawford A slight shower gave us a lovely rainbow                     © Rod Crawford
pond on Road 2 between George and Quincy, Grant County, Washington Vantage Bridge from near Frenchaman Coulee, Grant County, Washington
Our last spiders, good ones, came from this pond   © Rod Crawford Vantage Bridge from Grant County side                            © Rod Crawford
Calochortus macrocarpus flower, Flat Lake, Grant County, Washington sunset on 11 June 2021 from east end of Lake Washington Floating Bridge
Lovely Sagebrush Mariposa Lily among the cheat grass!   © Laurel Ramseyer Sunset from east end of Mercer Island bridge                  © Rod Crawford

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