Selected photos from a spider collecting field trip on Rattlesnake Mountain (via the recently built Rattlesnake Mountain Trail) south of Snoqualmie, King County, Washington, on 18 July 2006, involving a round trip hike of over 10 miles. Photos by Rod Crawford.

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The trailhead is well signed    © Rod Crawford	Shady trails are delightful in the summer      © Rod Crawford
Looking across at Mount Si        © Rod Crawford	Snoqualmie Valley - wow, did I come from there?     © Rod Crawford
Roadside daisies had a nice view   © Rod Crawford	Clearings were incredibly lushly vegetated           © Rod Crawford
Bank covered with lupine     © Rod Crawford	Cloudberry & salmonberry crowded high clearcuts     © Rod Crawford
More roadside daisies  © Rod Crawford	Main collecting site; it used to be a road!      © Rod Crawford
Under-stone fauna included Phidippus johnsonii, a native jumping spider       © J.R.Thomson	The former roadbed was rich and diverse, with bark, stones, flowers, shrubs and grass      © Rod Crawford
Roadside wall of Douglas-fir foliage © Rod Crawford	On the way down, back into the shady mixed forest  © Rod Crawford
Sinking sun hits the alder trunks  © Rod Crawford	This mossy maple provided 2 more species       © Rod Crawford

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