June 25, 2018
June 24, 2017
June 20, 2017
An unusual pair
I was going to post some photos of the Baldy Mountain trail from last week, followed by some more of the 345 trail and then a bunch of wildflower species that just began to bloom. But then I ran into this unusual pair today and couldn’t resist posting a few photos of them. (My apologies to anyone who has an aversion to arachnids.)
I don’t understand exactly what the relationship is, but I see that the spider even has some of the orchid’s maroon color marking on its back. The crab spider wouldn’t leave the blossom even though I spent a half hour lying prone trying to steady the camera enough for a focused photo using both forearms, one hand and my hiking staff as a makeshift tripod with the lens only a couple of inches away from him. They must have some kind of mutually beneficial pact.
June 20, 2015
Wildflowers blooming today,
well, at least on the lower part of the Spring Creek trail.
American twinflower ~ Linnaea borealis
White spirea ~ Spiraea lucida
Three-spot Mariposa Lily ~ Calochortus apiculatus
Orange Honeysuckle ~ Lonicera ciliosa
Spotted Coralroot ~ Corallorhiza maculata (an orchid)