Album of Cavanaugh Lake Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 9 July 2022 spider collecting trip to the Little Wenatchee Ford Trailhead (very end of Little Wenatchee road), Chelan County, Washington. With us were reporter Sandi Doughton, still working on that feature story about yrs truly, and her friend David. We collected from conifers (very productive) and outhouse at the trailhead, a small meadow at the first trail junction, a large meadow past the second junction, and near a footbridge on the Cady Pass trail, for a total of 32 species including some that look very interesting indeed.
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Trailhead area, Little Wenatchee Ford, Chelan County, Washington with spider collecting sites David at trailhead, Little Wenatchee Ford, Chelan County, Washington
Our sites in red on aerial view      (Chelan County) David at the main trailhead                          © Rod Crawford
true fir Abies sp. foliage at Little Wenatchee Ford, Chelan County, Washington trailhead sign, Little Wenatchee Ford, Chelan County, Washington
True fir foliage               © Rod Crawford Unusually complete trailhead sign                      © Rod Crawford
Douglas-fir foliage, Little Wenatchee Ford, Chelan County, Washington hemlock Tsuga tree foliage, Little Wenatchee Ford, Chelan County, Washington
Douglas-fir foliage                © Rod Crawford Hemlock foliage (all three were productive)                © Rod Crawford
outhouse, Little Wenatchee Ford, Chelan County, Washington male crab spider Philodromus spectabilis with prey, Little Wenatchee Ford, Chelan County, Washington
Trailhead outhouse — with spiders       © Rod Crawford Male Philodromus spectabilis with prey                  © Laurel Ramseyer
Cyclosa conica web, Little Wenatchee Ford, Chelan County, Washington amaurobiid spider Cybaeopsis macarius under rock, Little Wenatchee Ford, Chelan County, Washington
Cyclosa conica web                © Laurel Ramseyer Cybaeopsis macarius with egg sac under rock           © Laurel Ramseyer
alder on vertical bank by bridge, Little Wenatchee Ford, Chelan County, Washington Sandi Doughton and Rod Crawford on footbridge, Little Wenatchee Ford, Chelan County, Washington
Vertical alder stand beside the bridge       © Rod Crawford Sandi and Rod on Little Wenatchee footbridge            © Laurel Ramseyer
upstream from Little Wenatchee bridge, Little Wenatchee Ford, Chelan County, Washington downstream from Little Wenatchee bridge, Little Wenatchee Ford, Chelan County, Washington
Upstream from the footbridge        © Rod Crawford Downstream from the footbridge                 © Rod Crawford
Douglas-fir cones, Little Wenatchee Ford trailhead, Chelan County, Washington wolf spider Pardosa mackenziana from near Cady Pass bridge near Little Wenatchee Ford trailhead, Chelan County, Washington
Douglas-fir cones               © Rod Crawford Pardosa mackenziana found near footbridge         © Laurel Ramseyer
moss along streamlet, near Little Wenatchee Ford trailhead, Chelan County, Washington streamlet crossing trail near Little Wenatchee Ford trailhead, Chelan County, Washington
Moss along streamlet             © Rod Crawford Streamlet near beginning of Cady Pass Trail         © Rod Crawford
surface of small meadow at first junction past Little Wenatchee Ford trailhead, Chelan County, Washington small meadow at first junction past Little Wenatchee Ford trailhead, Chelan County, Washington
Surface of small meadow            © Rod Crawford Small meadow at first trail junction                 © Rod Crawford
old trillium at first high meadow on Little Wenatchee Trail, Chelan County, Washington edge of first high meadow on Little Wenatchee Trail, Chelan County, Washington
Trillium getting a bit long in the tooth        © Laurel Ramseyer Edge of the higher, big meadow                © Laurel Ramseyer
spider Dictyna major in first high meadow on Little Wenatchee Trail, Chelan County, Washington first high meadow on Little Wenatchee Trail, Chelan County, Washington
Female Dictyna major in the big meadow        © Laurel Ramseyer Big meadow with slide alder                     © Laurel Ramseyer
spider Misumena vatia with bee fly prey in first high meadow on Little Wenatchee Trail, Chelan County, Washington vine maple in first high meadow on Little Wenatchee Trail, Chelan County, Washington
Misumena vatia caught herself a bee fly © Laurel Ramseyer Vine maple in the big meadow                       © Rod Crawford
slide alder clump, first high meadow on Little Wenatchee Trail, Chelan County, Washington Rod Crawford sifting vinemaple litter, first big high meadow on Little Wenatchee Trail, Chelan County, Washington
Typical slide alder stand in meadow        © Rod Crawford Rod sifting vinemaple litter from meadow                    © Laurel Ramseyer
trail in first big high meadow on Little Wenatchee Trail, Chelan County, Washington colorful larva of Gnophaela vermiculata, first big high meadow on Little Wenatchee Trail, Chelan County, Washington
Trail in the big meadow            © Rod Crawford Colorful larva of colorful moth Gnophaela vermiculata        © Laurel Ramseyer
big true fir Abies sp. near first large meadow on Little Wenatchee Trail, Chelan County, Washington dead wood on forest floor near first large meadow on Little Wenatchee Trail, Chelan County, Washington
Mature (maybe even old growth) true-fir tree    © Laurel Ramseyer Dead wood and fallen bark, abundant and productive           © Rod Crawford
juvenile Callobius spider under Abies bark, first large meadow on Little Wenatchee Trail, Chelan County, Washington linyphiid spider Lepthyphantes mercedes tapped from dead wood, first large meadow on Little Wenatchee Trail, Chelan County, Washington
Juvenile Callobius under bark          © Lsurel Ramseyer Lepthyphantes mercedes tapped from dead wood               © Rod Crawford
peaks along Nason Ridge from Little Wenatchee Road, Chelan County, Washington peaks along Nason Ridge from Little Wenatchee Road, Chelan County, Washington
Peaks along Nason Ridge…              © Rod Crawford …seen from Little Wenatchee Road on our way out        © Rod Crawford
Mount David, from confluence of Little Wenatchee and White River, Chelan County, Washington sunset from highway approaching Stevens Pass from east, 9 July 2022
Mt. David seen between the ridges, from Little Wenatchee and White rivers confluence         © Rod Crawford Sunset masked by the mountains, from east of Stevens Pass  © Rod Crawford

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