Album of Ruby Creek Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 12 July 2017 spider collecting trip to Ruby Creek, north of Blewett Pass, Chelan County, Washington. It was a pleasant place to spend the day (we didn't see a soul after we passed a logging operation), but the habitats were seasonally too late and too dry for a full spider sample; we took only 17 species and will have to return at a different season. Laurel's account of the day is here.
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2015 aerial view of spider fileld sites at Ruby Creek and Tronsen Ridge, Chelan County, Washington Road junction at north end of Tronsen Ridge, above Ruby Creek, Chelan County, Washington
Creek site on left, ridge site on right      (Chelan County, 2015) Parking place on the crest of Tronsen Ridge              © Rod Crawford
conifer foliage, north end of Tronsen Ridge, above Ruby Creek, Chelan County, Washington glimpse of a view from north end of Tronsen Ridge, above Ruby Creek, Chelan County, Washington
Conifer foliage looked good, but…           © Rod Crawford Glimpse of a view through regrowth on the ridge               © Rod Crawford
Tussock moth larva, Orgyia sp., north end of Tronsen Ridge, above Ruby Creek, Chelan County, Washington narrow ridge crest, north end of Tronsen Ridge, above Ruby Creek, Chelan County, Washington
Tussock moth larvae, Orgyia, were common     © Laurel Ramseyer On narrow ridge crest Laurel managed to find 25 pine cones             © Laurel Ramseyer
culvert of small tributary of Ruby Creek, Chelan County, Washington forest understory in ravine of small tributary of Ruby Creek, Chelan County, Washington
Tiny creek brought a little moisture to our 2nd site    © Rod Crawford Lush-looking riparian understory produced little            © Rod Crawford
female cobweb weaving spider Theridion neomexicanum, small tributary of Ruby Creek, Chelan County, Washington grassy roadside verge, small tributary of Ruby Creek, Chelan County, Washington
Theridion neomexicanum had several color forms    © Rod Crawford So my sweep sample from roadside verge not as rich as it appeared    © Laurel Ramseyer
butterfly, Chlosyne sp., on daisy, small tributary of Ruby Creek, Chelan County, Washington quiet forest road crosses small tributary of Ruby Creek, Chelan County, Washington
Chlosyne butterfly on a daisy        © Rod Crawford The site really looked good for more than 17 species!        © Rod Crawford
dry roadside maple leaf litter, small tributary of Ruby Creek, Chelan County, Washington overgrown, decommissioned road, small tributary of Ruby Creek, Chelan County, Washington
Roadside leaf litter was bone-dry           © Rod Crawford Decommissioned road looked lush, produced little          © Laurel Ramseyer
bigleaf maple leaves Acer macrophyllum, small tributary of Ruby Creek, Chelan County, Washington unidentified Philodromus crab spider, small tributary of Ruby Creek, Chelan County, Washington
Riparian forest was bigleaf maple          © Rod Crawford Unidentified female Philodromus was interesting             © Rod Crawford
moist litter close to stream, small tributary of Ruby Creek, Chelan County, Washington messy funnel web of Agelenopsis, small tributary of Ruby Creek, Chelan County, Washington
I got a little moister leaf litter next to the creek      © Rod Crawford Messy funnel web of Agelenopsis sp.               © Laurel Ramseyer
butterflies Limenitis lorquini on Rod Crawford's butterfly=decorated backpack, small tributary of Ruby Creek, Chelan County, Washington butterfly Linenitis lorquni on Rod Crawford's backpack, small tributary of Ruby Creek, Chelan County, Washington
Limenitis lorquini swarmed on my pack     © Rod Crawford They evidently found it very tasty                     © Laurel Ramseyer
broad floodplain upstream from road, small tributary of Ruby Creek, Chelan County, Washington stream meander upstream from road, small tributary of Ruby Creek, Chelan County, Washington
Upstream from road, valley broadens    © Laurel Ramseyer Tiny stream meanders a bit                        © Laurel Ramseyer
Laurel Ramseyer with dusty car, small tributary of Ruby Creek, Chelan County, Washington ravine of small tributary of Ruby Creek, Chelan County, Washington
Laurel stands by her dust-caked car      © Rod Crawford Near the road, tiny stream runs in deep ravine              © Rod Crawford
Rod Crawford tossing rocks out of the way of Laurel Ramseyer's car, Ruby Creek road, Chelan County, Washington sunset along Interstate 90 in King County, Washington on 12 July 2017
Rod clears the road of rocks that might have scraped low-slung car
© Laurel Ramseyer		 Back in western Washington, the sun sets      © Rod Crawford

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