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W B Davis
1935
Kaysman, Clark Co., Idaho. June 27.
though he lists it in his original
description as being adult!
June 28.
My 9 gopher sets held 5 animals;
one young & was discarded. Took up the
traps and made up the skins).
In the afternoon I drove down the
Creek about 2 mi. and made 9 more
sets in a dry area at the edge
of an alfalfa field. These burrows
were from 4 to 8 inches below the
surface.
I could hear the faint whistle
of C. artemisiae, so spent the greater
part of the afternoon in hunting
for them. These animals are
exceedingly wary and blend in
so well with the terrain that
it is almost impossible to see
them unless they are moving.
I succeeded in taking 5 more
specimens, all of which I believe
are young of the year. None of them
were very fat. They were found
for the most part on the banks
of a canal that is no longer
in use, and almost invariably