Album of Wanacut Creek Field Trip

Selected photos from a spider collecting field trip to Wanacut Creek, SE of Riverside, Okanogan County, Washington (and a brief followup stop on the east bank of the Okanogan River) on 29-29 April 2007, with Rod Crawford and Larry McTigue. Collecting was reasonably productive, and cattle ticks were not in short supply! Photos by Rod Crawford.
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aerial view (1996) of Wanacut Creek collecting site, SE of Riverside, Okanogan County, Washington Wanacut Creek, SE of Riverside, Okanogan County, Washington
Our site in the Wanacut Creek valley (USGS, 1996) Leaf-litter-strewn bank of Wanacut Creek         © Rod Crawford
leaf litter (mainly aspen), Wanacut Creek, SE of Riverside, Okanogan County, Washington Wanacut Creek, SE of Riverside, Okanogan County, Washington
Aspen leaf litter in the ravine    © Rod Crawford The bed of Wanacut Creek             © Rod Crawford
Dense riparian vegetation, Wanacut Creek, SE of Riverside, Okanogan County, Washington High grassy stream bank, Wanacut Creek, SE of Riverside, Okanogan County, Washington
Dense riparian vegetation          © Rod Crawford Nice level spot for a tent            © Rod Crawford
Pardosa altamontis Lycosidae wolf spider female, Wanacut Creek, SE of Riverside, Okanogan County, Washington wet grassy streamside meadow, Wanacut Creek, SE of Riverside, Okanogan County, Washington
Pardosa altamontis, female   © Rod Crawford Wet part of the riparian meadow  © Rod Crawford
Pardosa altamontis Lycosidae wolf spider male, Wanacut Creek, SE of Riverside, Okanogan County, Washington grassy streamside meadow, Wanacut Creek, SE of Riverside, Okanogan County, Washington
Pardosa altamontis, male   © Rod Crawford Wolf-spider hunting was good here      © Rod Crawford
ponderosa pine Pinus ponderosa, Wanacut Creek, SE of Riverside, Okanogan County, Washington Misumenops sierrensis male Thomisidae flower crab spider, Wanacut Creek, SE of Riverside, Okanogan County, Washington
Ponderosa pines       © Rod Crawford Misumenops sierrensis male, from sagebrush        © Rod Crawford
stones in dry wash near Wanacut Creek, SE of Riverside, Okanogan County, Washington small sagebrush on slopes above Wanacut Creek, SE of Riverside, Okanogan County, Washington
Stones in dry wash         © Rod Crawford Small sagebrush covers the hills above the ravine    © Rod Crawford

Photos from a visit to the east bank of the Okanogan River, later on 29 April 2007, in order to supplement the barely adquate Wanacut Creek sample with additional species. Photos by Rod Crawford.

collecting site on east bank of Okanogan River south of Riverside, Okanogan County, Washington cottonwood Populus trichocarpa and glade, east bank of Okanogan River south of Riverside, Okanogan County, Washington
Note thin east-shore riparian strip   (USGS, 1996) The grassy glades were extremely productive        © Rod Crawford
Pardosa xerampelina female Lycosidae wolf spider, east bank of Okanogan River south of Riverside, Okanogan County, Washington Sassacus vitis male Salticidae jumping spider, east bank of Okanogan River south of Riverside, Okanogan County, Washington
Pardosa xerampelina, female       © Rod Crawford Sassacus vitis, male            © Rod Crawford
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