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I decided to step out to my favorite spot south of Fredonia, KS this past sunday. It had been raining all weekend and was very damp everywhere. It was ~68degF when I went to the spot.
I only flipped around 25 rocks, but with much more success than I have ever had there this early in the spring. The 3rd rock I flipped yielded this young beauty:
A few rocks later I flipped a gigantic (~6-7") S. h. castanieceps! These guys don't sit for long at all when their cover is lifted, so I didn't get any pics of either of the two S.h.c's I found this trip. I wasn't looking to collect them either.
Next was a promising rock that yielded this very large S. polymorpha, which was one of two large ones for the trip:
Under this same rock was this large (3") spider (thinking Dolomedes sp.):
Also, under this exact same rock, was this beautiful (but very angry) P. emoryi (great plains ratsnake):
I've never seen a g.p.r at this spot before, so I was pretty stoked. I then found this male C. vittatus, which turned out to be one of very many:
I also flipped a few pieces of treebark that was laying on the ground and found this beautiful juvie L. mactans:
and this crazy Thomisidae?
I also saw this crazy goofy dog running around in the water. Funny, I didn't know boxers liked water this much...!
And the last find of the day was this little flathead snake, Tantilla gracilis, and I do mean little:
thanks for lookin'!
I only flipped around 25 rocks, but with much more success than I have ever had there this early in the spring. The 3rd rock I flipped yielded this young beauty:
A few rocks later I flipped a gigantic (~6-7") S. h. castanieceps! These guys don't sit for long at all when their cover is lifted, so I didn't get any pics of either of the two S.h.c's I found this trip. I wasn't looking to collect them either.
Next was a promising rock that yielded this very large S. polymorpha, which was one of two large ones for the trip:
Under this same rock was this large (3") spider (thinking Dolomedes sp.):
Also, under this exact same rock, was this beautiful (but very angry) P. emoryi (great plains ratsnake):
I've never seen a g.p.r at this spot before, so I was pretty stoked. I then found this male C. vittatus, which turned out to be one of very many:
I also flipped a few pieces of treebark that was laying on the ground and found this beautiful juvie L. mactans:
and this crazy Thomisidae?
I also saw this crazy goofy dog running around in the water. Funny, I didn't know boxers liked water this much...!
And the last find of the day was this little flathead snake, Tantilla gracilis, and I do mean little:
thanks for lookin'!