Album of Wenatchee Area Catch-up Trip

Selected photos by Laurel Ramseyer and Rod Crawford from our 23 September 2023 spider collecting trip to sites in East Wenatchee (Douglas County) and the Mission Ridge Ski Area (Chelan County), Washington, to complete partial spider samples taken on earlier trips of 21 June and 26 July, respectively. After curation, our first samples from each area totaled an inadequate 18 species each; our work this time at the Hamilton Cemetery Trailhead and Eastmont Junior High School boosted the East Wenatchee sample to 31, and collecting in Squilchuck Creek's ravine brought the Mission Ridge sample up to 27. Laurel also made a useful addition to her cemetery project in Wenatchee. Rod forgot to take any pictures after the first site, so most of the photos below are Laurel's.
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Aerial photo showing September 2023 collecting sites in East Wenatchee, Washington spider collecting in Wenatchee Cemetery, Washington in September 2023
Sites in red: Hamilton Cemetery Trailhead, Eastmont Jr. High School
(Douglas County, 2022)		 Wenatchee Cemetery (Laurel just right of center)             © Rod Crawford
fence lizard, Hamilton Cemetery Trailhead, East Wenatchee, Washington Hamilton Cemetery Trailhead, East Wenatchee, Washington
Fence lizard              © Laurel Ramseyer Hamilton Cemetery trailhead (with rabbit brush)              © Rod Crawford
planted juniper shrubs, Hamilton Cemetery Trailhead, East Wenatchee, Washington electrical substation at Hamilton Cemetery Trailhead, East Wenatchee, Washington
Foliage of planted juniper shrubs       © Laurel Ramseyer Electrical substation beside trailhead                     © Laurel Ramseyer
jumping spider Habronattus hirsutus penultimate male, Hamilton Cemetery Trailhead, East Wenatchee, Washington planted Scots pine with Rod sorting sample, Hamilton Cemetery Trailhead, East Wenatchee, Washington
Penultimate male Habronattus hirsutus © Laurel Ramseyer Planted Scots pine by substation; Rod sorting sample        © Laurel Ramseyer
trail near Hamilton Cemetery Trailhead, East Wenatchee, Washington trail near Hamilton Cemetery Trailhead, East Wenatchee, Washington
Trail not far above trailhead           © Rod Crawford Rod on trail sorting a beat sample                     © Laurel Ramseyer
rabbit brush flowers, Hamilton Cemetery Trailhead, East Wenatchee, Washington flowering rabbit brush, Hamilton Cemetery Trailhead, East Wenatchee, Washington
Rabbit brush flowers             © Laurel Ramseyer Flowering rabbit brush                   © Rod Crawford
flowers of unknown shrub, Hamilton Cemetery Trailhead, East Wenatchee, Washington unknown flowering shrub, Hamilton Cemetery Trailhead, East Wenatchee, Washington
Flowers of unknown shrub          © Laurel Ramseyer Unknown flowering shrub                       © Rod Crawford
juvenile Xysticus crab spider, Hamilton Cemetery Trailhead, East Wenatchee, Washington beetle Lytta vulnerata Meloidae on rabbit brush, Hamilton Cemetery Trailhead, East Wenatchee, Washington
Juvenile Xysticus crab spider          © Laurel Ramseyer Meloid beetle Lytta vulnerata on rabbit brush flowers        © Laurel Ramseyer
venter of juvenile Latrodectus hesperus, Eastmont Junior High School, East Wenatchee, Washington Eastmont Junior High School, East Wenatchee, Washington
Ventral "hourglass" of juvenile widow    © Laurel Ramseyer Eastmont Junior High School                   (from school website)
juvenile black widow Latrodectus hesperus, Eastmont Junior High School, East Wenatchee, Washington male western black widow Latrodectus hesperus, Eastmont Junior High School, East Wenatchee, Washington
Juvenile black widow            © Laurel Ramseyer Male western black widow on wall            © Laurel Ramseyer
outdoor stairwell at Eastmont Junior High School, East Wenatchee, Washington harvestman Phalangium opilio female on Eastmont Junior High School, East Wenatchee, Washington
Outdoor stairwell at Eastmont         © Laurel Ramseyer Phalangium opilio female on school wall           © Laurel Ramseyer
web retreat of hobo spider Tegenaria agrestis, Eastmont Junior High School, East Wenatchee, Washington male hobo spider Tegenaria agrestis, Eastmont Junior High School, East Wenatchee, Washington
Funnel retreat of hobo spider web in stairwell      © Laurel Ramseyer Male hobo spider Tegenaria agrestis from Eastmont         © Laurel Ramseyer
aerial view of Mission Ridge Ski Resort, Chelan County, Washington rope ladder down to creek, ravine of Squilchuck Creek, Mission Ridge Ski Resort, Chelan County, Washington
Dots show our transect in Squilchuck Creek ravine  (Chelan Co. 2022) Rope "ladder" down to Squilchuck Creek             © Laurel Ramseyer
Steatoda spider from building, ravine of Squilchuck Creek, Mission Ridge Ski Resort, Chelan County, Washington narrow clearing above creek, ravine of Squilchuck Creek, Mission Ridge Ski Resort, Chelan County, Washington
Steatoda female from a building        © Rod Crawford Narrow clearing above the creek            © Laurel Ramseyer
spider Araneus gemmoides from ravine of Squilchuck Creek, Mission Ridge Ski Resort, Chelan County, Washington harvestman Nelima paessleri fro m ravine of Squilchuck Creek, Mission Ridge Ski Resort, Chelan County, Washington
"Cat-faced" Araneus gemmoides on building     © Laurel Ramseyer Harvestman Nelima paessleri                        © Laurel Ramseyer
fall color, ravine of Squilchuck Creek, Mission Ridge Ski Resort, Chelan County, Washington agelenid spider Novalena intermedia from building, ravine of Squilchuck Creek, Mission Ridge Ski Resort, Chelan County, Washington
Fall color on steep ravine-side          © Laurel Ramseyer Novalena intermedia from building                        © Laurel Ramseyer

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