Field notes, v580
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17, 1960 Squaw Valley to Mombas Meadows, Placer Co., Calif. - About 10:15 today Tony and I left for the five lakes again. I had intended to leave about 8, but I overslept a little (got out of bed about 9:30 A.M.). We had no fruit at the house, so we bought half a dozen apples at the store on the way. I got another white at the ski lift to KT-22 (P. occidentalis), and a fruit, eglais ♀, a little farther on. I decided we would collect only at the best spots on the way up, and since there was very little at any of them, this was very easy to do. At the spot (6500 ft.) where we got all the fruits on the 15th, there was nothing. Tony did get a Rana, however, and saw a couple more where we got the first two before. From here we went to the tadpole pond and got a few more tads of both types, all we saw. Most of the tlys had transformed by this time, and there were several without any tail at all. At the copper spot I got some more editha, avota ♀, a pair of fruits that were flirting, and a ♂♀ S. syluanus. The fruits would land on the ground and one (♂?) would buzz around the other excitedly. There was an Aeschna here, also. We left this spot about 12:30, following a jeep trail until we found some good looking growths of the sage-like plant growing at the base of some rocks above the road. This turned out to be a good thing because, although we got nothing, we discovered we were on the wrong road. We followed the correct trail, Tony getting a few saepium on the way, until we reached the pt where it crossed the creek at 7,200 ft. Here we got 4 Rana and saw 2 or 8 more. The Frogs were in deep (6-12 inches) in the creek, which were bordered much like the sites lower on the