Calico Hills Road Rehab
Like last year I spend half a day doing “vertical mulch” rehabilitation on old road tracks through a wilderness area. The idea isn’t to erase the track instantly, but to get it reseeded with local vegetation and discourage further incursions. It takes a long time, but a few hours work by ten volunteers does make a visible difference.
Afterward I join Scott, Renee, Steve, and Mimari for a little hiking around the area. Near the road I spot a dried up mushroom, the first I’ve seen out here.
The dry creek bed is home to dense webs, many with entrance tunnels. I think wolf funnel spiders weave these.
A western fence lizard gives me a peek at his blue belly.
We attract a good number of black-throated sparrows by playing recorded calls on Scott’s phone, and scramble around some of the nearby rock formations.
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probably not wolf spider (family Lycosidae)since almost all do not spin webs (sometimes burrows tho)
could be funnel web spinner (Agelenidae) or many others
Comment by BioBob — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 @ 03:04 am
Much appreciated BioBob!
Comment by cyberhobo — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 @ 06:47 am