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Mayhew
1958
Journal
97.
Aug. 24 - Colorado Desert, Calif.
road at 1315 because all our collecting
sacks were full (we found one empty one
later). We stopped a few minutes in
the area of Sentence Cienega where
a couple of Ctes stoasbernice were caught.
We headed for home at 1600, and arrived
about 1830. The trip was approx. 600 miles
long. A total of 47 specimens of 11
species were collected on the trip.
Aug. 25-26 1000 Palms area, Riverside Co., Calif.
Frank Aubrey & I left UCR at 2235.
We reached the old highway 60-70-99
about 2345 (8/25/58) and began looking
for specimens on the road. Relative
humidity at this time was: 41%; road
surface temp. - 31°C.; soil surface
temp. - 30°C.; air temp. - 30.5°C. (87°F);
wind direction - west; wind velocity -
18 mph (ranges from 11 to 26 mph); moon - 3/4;
clouds - high, 5% overcast. No animals,
except and occasional mouse, were seen
on the old highway between Secret +
1000 Palms, or from 1000 Palms to 1000
Palms Canyon, or return on the old
highway. At 0055 and at 0105 the
air temp. was 93°F.; relative humidity
33%; wind velocity & direction as before.
Approximately at 0200 we pulled over
to the side of the road and slept
until 0445. We drove down the