Album of Squire Creek Park Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 12 May 2016 spider collecting trip to Squire Creek Park near Darrington, Washington (and a nearby powerline clearing). The forested park itself produced only a moderate collection (augmented by wolf spiders on the beach of Squire Creek, quite a major stream). However, a largely different suite of species from the grassland, pine trees, etc. in the clearing to the east brought the day's catch to 41-42 species. Also see Laurel's blog post here!
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2012 aerial photo of Squire Creek Park, Snohomish County, Washington picnic shelter in Squire Creek Park, Snohomish County, Washington
Squire Creek Park; Squire Creek; and a subdivision
(Snohomish County, 2012)		 Handy picnic shelter in Squire Creek Park          © Rod Crawford
moss on bigleaf maple trunk, Squire Creek Park, Snohomish County, Washington Squire Creek from Squire Creek Park, Snohomish County, Washington
Spider-bearing moss on maple trunk         © Rod Crawford Limpid water of Squire Creek              © Laurel Ramseyer
telemid spider Usofila pacifica from maple litter, Squire Creek Park, Snohomish County, Washington riparian zone stream bank trees, Squire Creek Park, Snohomish County, Washington
6-eyed Usofila pacifica from maple litter   © Rod Crawford Deciduous trees in riparian zone         © Rod Crawford
mature conifer forest trunks in Squire Creek Park, Snohomish County, Washington Squire Creek from Squire Creek Park, Snohomish County, Washington
Much of the park is mature conifer forest     © Rod Crawford Squire Creek is a good-sized stream               © Rod Crawford
ventral view of wolf spider Pardosa lowriei from gravel bar, Squire Creek Park, Snohomish County, Washington sand and gravel beach of Squire Creek, Squire Creek Park, Snohomish County, Washington
Large gravel bar wolf spider Pardosa lowriei     © Laurel Ramseyer Sand and gravel zones on Squire Creek beach                  © Rod Crawford
wolf spider Pardosa xerampelina on sand bar driftwood, Squire Creek Park, Snohomish County, Washington wolf spider Pardosa dorsuncata from gravel bar, Squire Creek Park, Snohomish County, Washington
Pardosa xerampelina with big egg sac    © Laurel Ramseyer Pardosa dorsuncata with blue-green egg sac               © Laurel Ramseyer
nurse stump, Squire Creek Park, Snohomish County, Washington herbaceous forest understory, Squire Creek Park, Snohomish County, Washington
Nurse stump                © Rod Crawford Herbaceous understory, not too productive          © Rod Crawford
dead linyphiid spider Neriene digna male on building, Squire Creek Park, Snohomish County, Washington juvenile theridiid spider Achaearanea tepidariorum on building, Squire Creek Park, Snohomish County, Washington
Intact corpse of male Neriene digna      © Laurel Ramseyer Achaearanea tepidariorum on building          © Laurel Ramseyer
stack of Neriene digna sheet webs on building, Squire Creek Park, Snohomish County, Washington male linyphiid spider Neriene digna with prey midden, Squire Creek Park, Snohomish County, Washington
Stack of Neriene digna webs     © Laurel Ramseyer Male Neriene digna with extensive prey midden          © Laurel Ramseyer
Douglas-fir cones in a Darrington town park, Snohomish County, Washington female Phrurotimpus borealis spider from fir cones, Darrington town park, Snohomish County, Washington
Cones in Nels Bruseth Park, Darrington   © Laurel Ramseyer Phrurotimpus borealis from the Darrington cones             © Rod Crawford

Diminishing returns in the forested park led us to move on to different habitats in a powerline clearing 1.3 miles east.

aerial view of powerline clearing at North Mountain Substation, 2012, 1.3 miles E of Squire Creek Park, Snohomish County, Washington Whitehorse Mountain from powerline clearing 1.3 miles E of Squire Creek Park, Snohomish County, Washington
Powerline at North Mountain Substation    (Snohomish County, 2012) Whitehorse Mountain looms over us                    © Rod Crawford
Laurel Ramseyer taking a photo, powerline clearing 1.3 miles E of Squire Creek Park, Snohomish County, Washington Jumbo Mountain looms over Laurel Ramseyer, powerline clearing 1.3 miles E of Squire Creek Park, Snohomish County, Washington
Laurel photo-documenting         © Rod Crawford Jumbo Mounain dwarfs mere humans and their works        © Rod Crawford
pine foliage Pinus contorta, powerline clearing 1.3 miles E of Squire Creek Park, Snohomish County, Washington pine trees Pinus contorta, powerline clearing 1.3 miles E of Squire Creek Park, Snohomish County, Washington
Pine foliage had some cool spiders      © Laurel Ramseyer A row of planted Pinus contorta               © Rod Crawford
pine cone Pinus contorta at powerline clearing 1.3 miles E of Squire Creek Park, Snohomish County, Washington powerline clearing 1.3 miles E of Squire Creek Park, Snohomish County, Washington
Dry pine cones produced few, but good spiders  © Laurel Ramseyer Lush powerline clearing               © Laurel Ramseyer
douglas-fir foliage, powerline clearing 1.3 miles E of Squire Creek Park, Snohomish County, Washington grass field habitat, powerline clearing 1.3 miles E of Squire Creek Park, Snohomish County, Washington
Fir foliage added species         © Rod Crawford Lush grass added even more species             © Rod Crawford
Theridion californicum from salal, powerline clearing 1.3 miles E of Squire Creek Park, Snohomish County, Washington salal foliage, powerline clearing 1.3 miles E of Squire Creek Park, Snohomish County, Washington
Colorful Theridion californicum    © Laurel Ramseyer Salal, another excellent habitat                    © Rod Crawford
wild rose flower with bee and flies, powerline clearing 1.3 miles E of Squire Creek Park, Snohomish County, Washington understory shrub foliage, powerline clearing 1.3 miles E of Squire Creek Park, Snohomish County, Washington
Rose with bee & little flies        © Laurel Ramseyer Mixed forest understory                © Laurel Ramseyer
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