Album of China Point Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford, Laurel Ramseyer and Markku Savela from our 10 July 2018 spider collecting trip that ended up at China Point along the Cle Elum River, Kittitas County, Washington. Before that we had visited two higher priority sites that unfortunately were both rain-wet. Fortunately, although the China Point site was rather dry (for a change) and the time short, largely non-overlapping collections by the two collectors got us a basic sample of 23-24 species, including a very interesting undescribed Callilepis. There was quite a diversity of conifers (see below).
READ TRIP NARRATIVE PHOTO ALBUM INDEX MAIN JOURNAL INDEX
Gold Creek trailhead near Snoqualmie Pass, Washington with rain on the parking lot Gold Creek Trailhead near Snoqualmie Pass, Washington with rain on the foliage
Rain on the parking lot at Gold Creek Trail  © Rod Crawford Vegetation was sopping wet at Gold Creek Trail          © Rod Crawford
road west of Tacoma Pass, King County, Washington wet vegetation west of Tacoma Pass, King County, Washington
Our backup site west of Tacoma Pass     © Rod Crawford Backup site was also completely soaked                © Rod Crawford
2015 aerial photo, China Point area, Cle Elum River, Kittitas County, Washington bend in side road where spiders were collected, China Point area, Cle Elum River, Kittitas County, Washington
Red dots mark collecting sites      (Kittitas County, 2015) Rod's main site at bend in a side road           © Rod Crawford
blue patch in sky, China Point area, Cle Elum River, Kittitas County, Washington daisies at roadside clearing, China Point area, Cle Elum River, Kittitas County, Washington
Site was dry, but not much sun at first     © Rod Crawford Daisies and grass to sweep             © Rod Crawford
conifer foliage, Abies sp., China Point area, Cle Elum River, Kittitas County, Washington vine maple foliage, China Point area, Cle Elum River, Kittitas County, Washington
Spider-rich, diverse conifer foliage     © Rod Crawford I somehow missed sampling vine maple foliage          © Rod Crawford
Markku Savela taking photo, China Point area, Cle Elum River, Kittitas County, Washington western tiger swallowtail Papilio rutulus, China Point area, Cle Elum River, Kittitas County, Washington
Markku taking photo at right           © Rod Crawford Papilio rutulus nectaring                 © Markku Savela
linyphiid spider Neriene litigiosa, NE of China Point, Cle Elum River, Kittitas County, Washington foliage of grand fir Abies grandis, NE of China Point, Cle Elum River, Kittitas County, Washington
Male Neriene litigiosa          © Laurel Ramseyer Foliage of grand fir, Ables grandis            © Rod Crawford
western hemlock Tsuga heterophylla foliage, NE of China Point, Cle Elum River, Kittitas County, Washington mountain hemlock foliage Tsuga mertensiana, NE of China Point, Cle Elum River, Kittitas County, Washington
Western hemlock foliage Tsuga heterophylla       © Rod Crawford Mountain hemlock foliage Tsuga mertensiana           © Rod Crawford
Zelotes sp. gnaphosid spider juvenile in retreat, NE of China Point, Cle Elum River, Kittitas County, Washington Douglas-fir foliage Pseudotsuga mertensiana, NE of China Point, Cle Elum River, Kittitas County, Washington
Juvenile Zelotes sp. in retreat        © Laurel Ramseyer Douglas-fir foliage Pseudotsuga mertensiana       © Rod Crawford
Ozyptila sp. juvenile from pine cone, NE of China Point, Cle Elum River, Kittitas County, Washington western white pine foliage Pinus monticola, NE of China Point, Cle Elum River, Kittitas County, Washington
Juvenile Ozyptila crab spider         © Rod Crawford Western white pine foliage Pinus monticola               © Rod Crawford
western white pine cones Pinus monticola, NE of China Point, Cle Elum River, Kittitas County, Washington crest of low ridge, NE of China Point, Cle Elum River, Kittitas County, Washington
Western white pine cones       © Rod Crawford Crest of low ridge featured several pine trees        © Rod Crawford
dictynid spider Mallos pallidus from Douglas-fir cones, NE of China Point, Cle Elum River, Kittitas County, Washington Douglas-fir cones and forest understory, NE of China Point, Cle Elum River, Kittitas County, Washington
Female Mallos pallidus from Doug-fir cone      © Laurel Ramseyer Understory and ground littered with Doug-fir cones        © Laurel Ramseyer
two major trails leave from here, NE of China Point, Cle Elum River, Kittitas County, Washington beginning of Paris Creek Trail hard to identify, NE of China Point, Cle Elum River, Kittitas County, Washington
Double trailhead             © Rod Crawford But which is the Paris Creek Trail?                     © Rod Crawford
vegetaion in ravine of Paris Creek, NE of China Point, Cle Elum River, Kittitas County, Washington Paris Creek at culvert, NE of China Point, Cle Elum River, Kittitas County, Washington
Lusher foliage in stream ravine             © Rod Crawford Paris Creek flows into culvert               © Rod Crawford
banana slug Ariolimax columbianus in ravine of Paris Creek, NE of China Point, Cle Elum River, Kittitas County, Washington moss in ravine of Paris Creek, NE of China Point, Cle Elum River, Kittitas County, Washington
Banana slug in moist ravine          © Rod Crawford Siftable moss on ravine-side                © Rod Crawford
moist, mesic section of Paris Creek ravine, NE of China Point, Cle Elum River, Kittitas County, Washington Paris Creek below the road, NE of China Point, Cle Elum River, Kittitas County, Washington
Laurel found much moister habitats downstream  © Laurel Ramseyer Lushly vegetated downstream section of Paris Creek       © Laurel Ramseyer
twinflower Linnaea borealis, NE of China Point, Cle Elum River, Kittitas County, Washington outcrop NE of China Point, Cle Elum River, Kittitas County, Washington
Twinflower, Linnaea borealis        © Markku Savela Rock outcrop above the road                 © Laurel Ramseyer
blue sky, NE of China Point, Cle Elum River, Kittitas County, Washington sunset, Mercer Island, Washington, 10 July 2018
More blue sky later in afternoon       © Laurel Ramseyer Sun sets as we reach Mercer Island on way home           © Rod Crawford

[Native Wildlife Gardening Home]     [Bug Information from The Scarabs]     [Bugs of the Month Home]

This page last updated 28 July, 2018