Album of Bear Lake Park Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer (her take on the site here) from an 8 October 2013 spider collecting trip to Bear Lake Park, northern Spokane County, Washington. Habitats were just drying out after a moist night, but even without sweeping the too-wet marsh grass, we managed to get a sample of 27 species, including some really noteworthy rarities, from trees, litter, pine cones and a shed before the next cloudburst hit. The picnic shelter helped immensely!
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aerial view of Bear Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington overview of main collecting site, Bear Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington
Our sites, around north end of lake      (Spokane County, 2012) Overview of initial site        © Rod Crawford
ponderosa pine foliage, Bear Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington grove of young Douglas-fir, Bear Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington
Ponderosa pine foliage          © Rod Crawford Productive group of young Douglas-fir          © Rod Crawford
ponderosa pine cones, Bear Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington cone-strewn slope in Ponderosa pine forest, Bear Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington
Laurel's favorite objects     © Laurel Ramseyer Cone-strewn slope in the pine forest          © Laurel Ramseyer
noctuid moth Parabagrostis sp.,from pine cone, Bear Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington picnic shelter were we sifted leaf litter, Bear Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington
Parabagrotis moth from pine cone      © Laurel Ramseyer Picnic shelter saved the day for sifting            © Laurel Ramseyer
cottonwood leaf litter at edge of grove, Bear Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington needle and leaf litter being sifted in tandem, Bear Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington
This year's leaf litter, not too productive    © Rod Crawford Needles & leaves sifted in tandem         © Laurel Ramseyer
juvenile fishing spider Dolomedes triton, Bear Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington juvenile fishing spider Dolomedes triton from leaf litter, Bear Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington
Fishing spider, Dolomedes triton      © Rod Crawford Dolomedes carapace from above            © Rod Crawford
spinney of cottonwood trees, Bear Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington marsh at north end of lake, Bear Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington
Spinney of cottonwoods        © Rod Crawford Temporarily-dry marsh had the best leaf litter          © Rod Crawford
tall but wet grass, Bear Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington Laurel's second pine cone site from across lake, Bear Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington
Inviting tall grass was too wet to sweep     © Rod Crawford Laurel's second pine cone site somewhere over there         © Rod Crawford
Trail goes around lake, Bear Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington second pine cone site, Bear Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington
Paved trail goes around lake          © Laurel Ramseyer Second pine-cone site had shrub understory              © Laurel Ramseyer
pine cone with web of hobo spider Tegenaria agrestis, Bear Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington hobo spider Tegenaria agrestis in pine cone, Bear Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington
Pine cone with hobo spider web         © Laurel Ramseyer Hobo spider in the pine cone               © Laurel Ramseyer
forest floor at second pine cone site, Bear Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington rain cloud coming, Bear Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington
Forest floor at second cone site      © Laurel Ramseyer Another downpour on the way              © Laurel Ramseyer
purple flower in October, Bear Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington rain on windshield, Bear Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington
Solitary late-blooming flower       © Rod Crawford Laurel sits it out as rain pours down the windshield           © Laurel Ramseyer

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