Selected photos (by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer) from our 22 June 2011 spider collecting trip (with Jerry Austin) to the Aeneas Valley, eastern Okanogan County, Washington. Other than fishing access points, I was able to find just one tract of public land in the valley; fortunately it was good, including pine forest with plenty of cones for Laurel, rich understory flora, rocks to look under, and the edge of an extensive marsh. We got 27 species in a couple of hours! This is the fourth of 5 albums from our June 21-22 mini-expedition to the Okanogan Highlands.

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Aerial view: roadside site near Catherine Cecile Lake (Okanogan County)	Laurel and Jerry all ready to hit the woods           © Rod Crawford
Rosy Pussytoes (yes, really) was common  © Rod Crawford	Grassy understory of uphill pine forest              © Rod Crawford
Laurel sampling her 150 pine cones      © Rod Crawford	Raised base of hillside pine tree                © Laurel Ramseyer
Too early for strawberries         © Rod Crawford	Downslope, forest at marsh edge              © Laurel Ramseyer
Very webby pine cone        © Laurel Ramseyer	Edge of extensive grassy marsh          © Rod Crawford
Carapace of rare Pachygnatha          © Rod Crawford	Grass in wet part of the marsh               © Rod Crawford

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