Album of De Roux Campground Meadow Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford, Laurel Ramseyer and Markku Savela from our 24 July 2018 spider collecting trip to sites near De Roux Campground on the North Fork Teanaway River, Kittitas County, Washington. This time, what looked like a meadow from the air really was one, and a beautiful one! Sweeping here produced a very good 11 species, but other habitats gave diminishing returns and we ended the day with a sufficient (but only just) 23-24 species: some good ones included, though. Site was hot and dry, and we think it's time to give up on the East Slope for the summer.
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2015 aerial photo of De Roux Campground area, Kittitas County, Washington Laurel Ramseyer and Rod Crawford on the De Roux Campground trail, Kittitas County, Washington
Our meadow shows green in NW corner      (Kittitas County, 2015) Rod and Laurel start hiking                  © Markku Savela
pine in De Roux Campground, North Fork Teanaway, Kittitas County, Washington Laurel Ramseyer on footbridge, trail NW of De Roux Campground, North Fork Teanaway, Kittitas County, Washington
Lots of pine in the campground     © Rod Crawford Laurel crossing the North Fork                © Rod Crawford
true fir Abies sp. in meadow, NW of De Roux Campground, North Fork Teanaway, Kittitas County, Washington sparse forest, NW of De Roux Campground, North Fork Teanaway, Kittitas County, Washington
True-fir and spruce trees yielded spiders    © Rod Crawford Sparse forest with post-fire snags; note Markku on left       © Rod Crawford
Castilleja in meadow, NW of De Roux Campground, North Fork Teanaway, Kittitas County, Washington Markku Savela and Rod Crawford meet the meadow NW of DeRoux Campground, N Fork Teanaway, Kittitas County, Washington
Castilleja in meadow           © Rod Crawford Hold onto your hats, here's the meadow             © Laurel Ramseyer
Rod Crawford collecting spiders in meadow, NW of De Roux Campground, North Fork Teanaway, Kittitas County, Washington Markku Savela in meadow NW of De Roux Campground, North Fork Teanaway, Kittitas County, Washington
Rod combs sweep-net for spiders      © Laurel Ramseyer Markku in meadow           © Rod Crawford
Euryopis formosa theridiid spider, meadow NW of De Roux Campground, North Fork Teanaway, Kittitas County, Washington lush meadow NW of De Roux Campground, North Fork Teanaway, Kittitas County, Washington
Beautiful Euryopis formosa           © Laurel Ramseyer Lush meadow with blooms and spiders                  © Rod Crawford
copper butterfly Lycaena cupreus, meadow NW of De Roux Campground, North Fork Teanaway, Kittitas County, Washington flowery meadow NW of De Roux Campground, North Fork Teanaway, Kittitas County, Washington
Lycaena mariposa was common          © Markku Savela Just couldn't stop shooting that flowery meadow            © Rod Crawford
moss in wet part of meadow NW of De Roux Campground, North Fork Teanaway, Kittitas County, Washington colorful flowery meadow NW of De Roux Campground, North Fork Teanaway, Kittitas County, Washington
Moss (with spiders) in wet part of meadow © Rod Crawford Multi-colored part of meadow           © Laurel Ramseyer
juvenile Theridion cobweb weaver spider, NW of De Roux Campground, North Fork Teanaway, Kittitas County, Washington beautiful meadow NW of De Roux Campground, North Fork Teanaway, Kittitas County, Washington
Theridion sp., unfortunately juvenile    © Rod Crawford Just one last shot of flower-meadow beauty        © Laurel Ramseyer
carpenter bee in mountain bluebell, meadow NW of De Roux Campground, North Fork Teanaway, Kittitas County, Washington North Fork Teanaway River, NW of De Roux Campground, North Fork Teanaway, Kittitas County, Washington
Carpenter bee enjoying a bluebell       © Laurel Ramseyer "Creek" is actually the North Fork Teanaway River                © Rod Crawford
clear river water NW of De Roux Campground, North Fork Teanaway, Kittitas County, Washington North Fork Teanaway River NW of De Roux Campground, North Fork Teanaway, Kittitas County, Washington
Cool, clear water             © Laurel Ramseyer River flows between alder thickets                 © Laurel Ramseyer
blue huckleberries beside river, NW of De Roux Campground, North Fork Teanaway, Kittitas County, Washington leaves in alder thicket beside river, NW of De Roux Campground, North Fork Teanaway, Kittitas County, Washington
A few delicious berries            © Rod Crawford Leaves in alder thicket                  © Rod Crawford
young women riding by on trail, NW of De Roux Campground, North Fork Teanaway, Kittitas County, Washington deer fern, NW of De Roux Campground, North Fork Teanaway, Kittitas County, Washington
Horsewomen riding by           © Rod Crawford Deer fern                  © Laurel Ramseyer
undescribed Habronattus jumping spider on outhouse, De Roux Campground, North Fork Teanaway, Kittitas County, Washington white pine cone Pinus monticola, De Roux Campground, North Fork Teanaway, Kittitas County, Washington
Probably-unnamed Habronattus on camp outhouse  © Laurel Ramseyer Laurel tapped 65 of these white pine cones               © Laurel Ramseyer
small falls near source of North Fork Teanaway River, Esmeralda Trailhead, Kittitas County, Washington shadow on crest of Wenatchee Mountains from Esmeralda Trailhead, Kittitas County, Washington
Falls near source of the North Fork      © Laurel Ramseyer Shadow climbs on crest of the Wenatchee Mountains      © Laurel Ramseyer
Laurel Ramseyer collects spiders on outhouse, Esmeralda Trailhead, Kittitas County, Washington parking lot at Esmeralda Trailhead, Kittitas County, Washington
Laurel samples another outhouse          © Rod Crawford Parking lot for the Esmeralda Trailhead            © Rod Crawford
crab spider Philodromus spectabilis on her egg sac, Esmeralda Trailhead, Kittitas County, Washington rocks on ground, Esmeralda Trailhead, Kittitas County, Washington
Philodromus spectabilis on egg sac     © Laurel Ramseyer Rod had plenty of rocks to turn over                 © Rod Crawford
Guye Peak and Mount Snoqualmie, Washington on 24 July 2018 sunset near Issaquah, Washington on 24 July 2018
Guye Peak & Mt. Snoqualmie, snow nearly gone       © Rod Crawford Sunset near Issaquah; we're nearly home!           © Rod Crawford

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