Album of North Cascades Basecamp Field Trip

Selected photos (by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer) from our 21 June 2011 spider collecting trip to the North Cascades Basecamp, a naturalists' bed-and-breakfast on the Methow River, Mazama, Okanogan County, Washington. Laurel visited the place too late last year with too little time to collect, but this time we (assisted by Jerry Austin) got an adequate sample of 28 species in about 2.5 hours, facilitated by owners Kim and Steve Bondi. Unfortunately, Rod left his camera in the car, so there are no photos of the river, birch grove or adjacent meadow where most of the spiders came from… This is the first of 5 albums from our June 21-22 mini-expedition to the Okanogan Highlands.
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aerial photo of North Cascades Basecamp, Mazama, Okanogan County, Washington rainbow-colored cloud near Marblemount, Skagit County, Washington on 21 June 2011
Aerial view shows property boundary in red    (Okanogan County) Cloud from Another World enlivened our drive to the pass     © Rod Crawford
owner Kim Bondi at North Cascades Basecamp, Mazama, Okanogan County, Washington Goat Wall seen from North Cascades Basecamp, Mazama, Okanogan County, Washington
Kim Bondi, co-owner of the site           © Rod Crawford View of Goat Wall from the parking lot              © Rod Crawford
lush forest at North Cascades Basecamp, Mazama, Okanogan County, Washington cobweb weaving spider Theridion punctipes from North Cascades Basecamp, Mazama, Okanogan County, Washington
Lush part of the forest       © Rod Crawford Colorful Theridion leechi                © Rod Crawford
snowberry Symphoricarpos at North Cascades Basecamp, Mazama, Okanogan County, Washington Hahnia arizonica from litter at North Cascades Basecamp, Mazama, Okanogan County, Washington
Snowberry bushes made for good pinecone fauna  © Laurel Ramseyer Hahnia arizonica was rarest spider taken              © Rod Crawford
open pine forest, North Cascades Basecamp, Mazama, Okanogan County, Washington pinecone-littered forest floor, North Cascades Basecamp, Mazama, Okanogan County, Washington
Open pine forest in grass         © Laurel Ramseyer Cones litter the pine forest floor          © Laurel Ramseyer
pine cone with spider retreats, North Cascades Basecamp, Mazama, Okanogan County, Washington ground spider Callilepis pluto, North Cascades Basecamp, Mazama, Okanogan County, Washington
Two spider retreats on a pine cone   © Laurel Ramseyer Callilepis pluto was living in the cone at left                © Rod Crawford
Dictyna sp. #4, North Cascades Basecamp, Mazama, Okanogan County, Washington Dictyna sp. #7, North Cascades Basecamp, Mazama, Okanogan County, Washington
Dictyna sp. #4          © Laurel Ramseyer Dictyna sp. #6            © Rod Crawford
mariposa lily Calochortus lyallii, North Cascades Basecamp, Mazama, Okanogan County, Washington flower crab spider Misumenops sierrensis, North Cascades Basecamp, Mazama, Okanogan County, Washington
Lovely Lyall's mariposa lily          © Laurel Ramseyer Beautiful spiders live on beautiful flowers: Misumenops sierrensis      © Rod Crawford
enstemon sp., violet flowers, North Cascades Basecamp, Mazama, Okanogan County, Washington Cyclosa conica from North Cascades Basecamp, Mazama, Okanogan County, Washington
Violet-like Penstemon        © Laurel Ramseyer Cyclosa conica from forest clearing              © Rod Crawford
log and shrub at North Cascades Basecamp, Mazama, Okanogan County, Washington neobisiid pseudoscorpion from North Cascades Basecamp, Mazama, Okanogan County, Washington
Log & shrub in pine forest        © Laurel Ramseyer Neobisiid pseudoscorpion                  © Rod Crawford

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