Paceyn and I took a short hike in Florida Canyon this morning. The USFS trail guide said that this was a lightly used area but by the time we got to the trailhead, the parking lot was packed. There were license plates from 9 different states. We met lots of people on the trail and there was evidently some rare bird spotted in the area. So much for lightly used. We followed the main trail for about 1/2 mile then took a smaller one up the wash.
I had been here in 1995 or so and had collected a bunch of Scaptomyza. My goal for today was to see if they were still there and to try and collect some ephydrids as well. There was a surprising amount of water in the canyon and we ended up at a small dam that was packed with moss, algae and aquatic plants. The Scaptomyza were still there, as were some leaf mines. I got a good mixture of different flies including Scaptomyza, ephydrids, bibionids, tipulids and syrphids.
I had been here in 1995 or so and had collected a bunch of Scaptomyza. My goal for today was to see if they were still there and to try and collect some ephydrids as well. There was a surprising amount of water in the canyon and we ended up at a small dam that was packed with moss, algae and aquatic plants. The Scaptomyza were still there, as were some leaf mines. I got a good mixture of different flies including Scaptomyza, ephydrids, bibionids, tipulids and syrphids.
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Paceyn was a great help. She loved scrambling around on rocks in the wash and collecting plants and rocks. We had a great picnic and made our way back to the car with plenty of time to explore the neighboring Madera Canyon. There weren't any opportunities of collect there but hopefully on a future trip I can find some good spots.
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