Album of Camas Land Field Trip

Selected photos from the spider collecting field trip to Camas Land, a remarkable mountain meadow on the north slope of the Wenatchee Mountains, Chelan County, Washington on 12 June 2007 with Laurel Ramseyer and Rod Crawford. Photos by both, as credited. Our visit probably didn't do justice to the rich habitats here, but boosted a prior 15-species sample from nearby to 41 species in a little over half a day.
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formerly farmed part of Camas Land, Chelan County, Washington Camas Land, Chelan County, Washington
Open meadow, formerly farmed © Laurel Ramseyer View across meadow from collecting site     © Rod Crawford
meadow edge, Camas Land, Chelan County, Washington botanical diversity at meadow edge, Camas Land, Chelan County, Washington
Edge of forest         © Laurel Ramseyer Edge areas are most diverse part of meadow        © Rod Crawford
camas, Camassia quamash, Camas Land, Chelan County, Washington crab spider Xysticus benefactor female and male, Camas Land, Chelan County, Washington
The camas of Camas Land    © Laurel Ramseyer Xysticus benefactor female & male        © Rod Crawford
Conophorus sp. mating, bee flies Bombyliidae, Camas Land, Chelan County, Washington meadow stand of Balsamorhiza, Camas Land, Chelan County, Washington
Conophorus bee-fly with extreme sexual dimorphism
© Laurel Ramseyer		 Section of meadow with Balsamorhiza      © Rod Crawford
mesic-hygric part of meadow, Camas Land, Chelan County, Washington color variation in flower crab spiders Misumenops sierrensis Thomisidae, Camas Land, Chelan County, Washington
Wetter section of meadow had wolf spiders, litter
© Laurel Ramseyer		 Female Misumenops sierrensis; with male-type coloration (left) and from yellow flower (right)           © Rod Crawford
hawthorn Crateagus douglasii, Camas Land, Chelan County, Washington meadow field layer diversity, Camas Land, Chelan County, Washington
Hawthorn, Crateagus douglasii   © Laurel Ramseyer A diverse patch of meadow foliage      © Rod Crawford
Lytta sp., green blister beetle Meloidae, Camas Land, Chelan County, Washington meadow field layer diversity, Camas Land, Chelan County, Washington
Green blister beetle, Lytta sp.   © Laurel Ramseyer More meadow diversity         © Rod Crawford
Trichodes ornatus, checkered beetle Cleridae, Camas Land, Chelan County, Washington meadow field layer diversity, Camas Land, Chelan County, Washington
Clerid beetle, Trichodes ornatus   © Laurel Ramseyer Still more meadow diversity      © Laurel Ramseyer
forest glade, Camas Land, Chelan County, Washington Poecilochroa (Sergiolus) montana, Gnaphosidae, Camas Land, Chelan County, Washington
Forest glade near meadow      © Rod Crawford Poecilochroa montana female from under bark      © Rod Crawford

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