Album of Quincy Valley Field Trip

Selected photos by Laurel Ramseyer and Rod Crawford from our 8 April 2023 spider collecting trip to the town of Quincy and vicinity, Grant County, Washington. Habitats were drastically altered or destroyed, and weather nowhere near as nice as predicted. At two of our selected localities, we got no species, and so few at the others that we ended with an inadequate 15 species. However, on the plus side Laurel got a previously unknown Drassyllus species and I recorded Trochosa ruricola for the first time in the Columbia Basin. But some day we'll have to get more spiders from Quincy.
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snow beside freeway on Snoqualmie Pass, Washington, 8 April 2023 Snoqualmie Pass, Washington with mist and snow, 8 April 2023
Snow beside the freeway               © Rod Crawford Snoqualmie Pass with mist and snow in April                 © Rod Crawford
Quincy, Washington and vicinity, 2021 Rod Crawford mourning lost habitats, near Quincy, Washington
Quincy & vicinity, 4 sites where we got spiders (Grant County, 2021 Rod mourning the mortality of spider habitats             © Laurel Ramseyer
vineyard and irrigation canal, near Quincy, Washington remains of former spider habitat, near Quincy, Washington
Vineyard and canal                 © Rod Crawford Barren strip is all that remains of an erstwhile habitat          © Rod Crawford
field of unsweepable thistle, near Quincy, Washington irrigation valve, near Quincy, Washington
Field of unsweepable thistle           © Rod Crawford Irrigation valve                       © Rod Crawford
spider sites at Quincy Cemetery and hospital, Quincy, Washington Quincy Cemetery, Quincy, Washington
Sites at cemetery (top), medical center (below) (Grant County, 2021) Self-described "beautiful, serene" Quincy Cemetery         © Laurel Ramseyer
Laurel Ramseyer tapping pine cones at Quincy Medical Center, Quincy, Washington planted juniper at Quincy Valley Medical Center, Quincy, Washington
Laurel tapping Ponderosa pine cones         © Rod Crawford Juniper in medical center grounds had 2 spiders                 © Rod Crawford
triangle of fair habitat on West Canal near Quincy, Washington elm grove on West Canal near Quincy, Washington
Triangle of fair habitat on West Canal        (Grant County, 2021) Our centerpiece site featured a grove of non-native elms   © Laurel Ramseyer
raven following Laurel around the site, West Canal near Quincy, Washington trunk of elm tree, West Canal near Quincy, Washington
"Nevermore!" Raven followed Laurel around site   © Laurel Ramseyer Trunk of large elm                 © Rod Crawford
spider Dictyna coloradensis from field plants, West Canal near Quincy, Washington denser, younger elms, West Canal near Quincy, Washington
Dictyna coloradensis from field plant    © Laurel Ramseyer Denser, younger elms had the only productive litter            © Rod Crawford
elk mandible, West Canal near Quincy, Washington sifting in elm grove, West Canal near Quincy, Washington
Samson must have dropped this         © Laurel Ramseyer Sifting setup in elm grove                © Rod Crawford
grass along powerline, West Canal near Quincy, Washington grass along roadside, West Canal near Quincy, Washington
Grass along powerline           © Laurel Ramseyer Sweepable grass along roadside             © Rod Crawford
new Drassyllus species, West Canal near Quincy, Washington West Canal near Quincy, Washington
Laurel's prize Drassyllus            © Rod Crawford The West Canal, itself                   © Rod Crawford
sagebrush foliage, Road Q north of Quincy, Washington Large tract of sagebrush, Road Q north of Quincy, Washington
Sagebrush foliage                © Rod Crawford Large tract of sagebrush was a welcome sight!               © Rod Crawford
Laurel Ramseyer looks through sweep sample, Road Q north of Quincy, Washington snow on hills, Road Q north of Quincy, Washington
Laurel sorts through sweep sample          © Rod Crawford Snow on hills to the west                  © Rod Crawford

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