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E.L. Karlstrom
1954
Ensatiia eschcolti platensis
April 25 Base of Cathedral Rocks, 4700 ft., Yosemite Valley,
Mariposa Co., Calif., 2:15 P.M. (D.S.T.) I found
one adult & (eggs visible) beneath a rotted log.
dark brown loam soil beneath. Site shaded by
pepperwood tree, slope 20°. Distance from snow
perk at base of sheer rock cliff 45 ft. Rotted
log 3'x1'x4" thick.
May 1 Base Cathedral Rocks, 4100 ft., Yosemite Valley,
Mariposa Co., Calif.
Adult female under slab of rotted tree 4'x1'x4"
thick. Soil temp. 5.8°C. Air temp. 1:50 P.M. (D.S.T.)
8.8°C. Area 90% shaded by maple, pepperwood and
oak trees. Douglas fir provide upper canopy. Slope
about 10°. Levelled off area about 70' from base of cliff.
Same general locality as above but 200 yards E and
75 feet higher altitude. One adult under Doug fir bark
40 feet north of granite base Cathedral Rocks. Cloveral
temp. 2:35 P.M (D.S.T.) 10.5°C. Substrate (shaded bulbs)
7.2°C. Shed Cembrotive skin under same piece of larks.
Air temp. 2" above ground 11.8°C. Slope 20°. Snow
perk at base of cliff 5' thick, 20 feet out from
base of tolus slope. Two above specimens left with
Doug Hubbard for display behind Yosemite museum.