Album of Hornet Draw Field Trip

Selected photos (by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer) from our 22 June 2011 spider collecting trip (with Jerry Austin) to Hornet Draw (in the Methow drainage), Okanogan County, Washington. (We also briefly visited a dry-land pine site near Crumbacker Lake en route.) Before heading home after the big trip, we just had time to supplement another 14-species sample from 1981. Admittedly, we chose Hornet Draw for our site because of the name – but saw no hornets (lots of mosquitos, though). A more mesic habitat allowed us to bring the sample up to 26 species in a bit under 2 hours. This is the last of 5 albums from our June 21-22 mini-expedition to the Okanogan Highlands.
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aerial photo of Crumbacker Lake spider collecting site, Okanogan County, Washington ground-level view of site near Crumbacker Lake, Okanogan County, Washington
Pine grove in sagebrush country         (Okanogan County) View of the site taken from siesta position               © Rod Crawford
Jerry Austin collecting a wolf spider near Crumbacker Lake, Okanogan County, Washington wolf spider Schizocosa mccooki from near Crumbacker Lake, Okanogan County, Washington
Jerry chasing a wolf spider           © Laurel Ramseyer Schizocosa mccooki carapace              © Rod Crawford

After briefly stopping near Crumbacker Lake (above), we proceeded to Hornet Draw (below).

aerial view of Hornet Draw, Okanogan County, Washington Jerry Austin at Hornet Draw, Okanogan County, Washington
Hornet Draw from the air      (Okanogan County) Jerry seeks spiders in roadside foliage               © Rod Crawford
rotten log at Hornet Draw, Okanogan County, Washington shrub understory at Hornet Draw, Okanogan County, Washington
Nice log provided a few spiders         © Rod Crawford Lush shrub understory yielded little              © Rod Crawford
attractive leaf at Hornet Draw, Okanogan County, Washington Laurel Ramseyer at Hornet Draw, Okanogan County, Washington
Attractive leaves         © Rod Crawford Laurel sets out in a vain search for Jerry          © Rod Crawford
wildflowers at Hornet Draw, Okanogan County, Washington ponderosa pine at Hornet Draw, Okanogan County, Washington
Unidentified yellow flowers          © Rod Crawford Local conditions made Ponderosa pines rather sparse       © Rod Crawford
young fir trees at Hornet Draw, Okanogan County, Washington dusk scenery just east of Washington Pass, Washington on 22 June 2011
Fir foliage produced the usual suspects    © Rod Crawford Washington Pass at dusk was very scenic                © Rod Crawford
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