Album of Cave Mountain Field Trip

Selected photos from the spider collecting field trip to Cave Mountain near Riverside, Okanogan County, Washington on 29 April 2007 with Rod Crawford and Larry McTigue. Collecting was reasonably productive, but shortness of time and a bit of bad luck limited our sample to 20 species — 5 of which were taken inside Albright Cave, most significant known limestone cave in this county.
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aerial photo (1998) of saddle east of Cave Mountain, Okanogan County, Washington grassy understory in Ponderosa pine forest near steppe ecotone, saddle east of Cave Mountain, Okanogan County, Washington
Aerial photo: Cave Mountain saddle (USGS, 1998) Grassy forest floor just before steppe ecotone     © Rod Crawford
Cyclosa conica orbweaver male from forest understory, saddle east of Cave Mountain, Okanogan County, Washington young Douglas-fir Pseudotsuga menziesii, saddle east of Cave Mountain, Okanogan County, Washington
Cyclosa conica male        © Rod Crawford Young Douglas-fir beside road              © Rod Crawford
Philodromus histrio crab spider female from sagebrush, saddle east of Cave Mountain, Okanogan County, Washington Edge of Artemisia shrub-steppe with Balsamorhiza, saddle east of Cave Mountain, Okanogan County, Washington
Philodromus histrio female       © Rod Crawford Steppe land with Balsamorhiza on S. side of saddle    © Rod Crawford
Steatoda hespera female from twilight, Albright Cave, Okanogan County, Washington entrance of Albright Cave, Okanogan County, Washington
Steatoda hespera from cave twilight  © Rod Crawford Larry prepares to enter Albright Cave            © Rod Crawford

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