Album of Bremerton City Parks Field Trip

Selected photos from a spider collecting field trip to city parks in Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington on 31 December 2007 (yes, New Year's Eve). One park proved habitat-free, but the second one I visited, Forest Ridge Park, produced enough spiders to upgrade a 9-species sample to 25. They were sparse, though! Photos by Rod Crawford.
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Forest Ridge Park, Bremerton, Washington, 1994 aerial photo
Forest Ridge Park from the air     (USGS, 1994) Approaching Bremerton on the ferry      © Rod Crawford
Completely spiderless leaf litter  © Rod Crawford Utter absence of spider habitat in Evergreen Park     © Rod Crawford
maple leaf litter on slupe under water tanks, Forest Ridge Park, Bremerton, Washington madrona Arbutus menziesii and conifer canopy, Forest Ridge Park, Bremerton, Washington
Litter-strewn slope to water tank    © Rod Crawford Madrona in Forest Ridge Park canopy       © Rod Crawford
invasive ivy Hedera helix on ground, Forest Ridge Park, Bremerton, Washington male crab spider Xysticus pretiosus Thomisidae, Forest Ridge Park, Bremerton, Washington
Invasive ivy well established      © Rod Crawford Xysticus pretiosus male              © Rod Crawford
Grammonota sp. female Linyphiidae, from south of Black Diamond, Washington forest trail in Forest Ridge Park, Bremerton, Washington
Grammonota from understory     © Rod Crawford Trail in Forest Ridge Park           © Rod Crawford

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