Album of Bethel Creek Cemetery Field Trip

Selected photos by Laurel Ramseyer and Rod Crawford from our 9 May 2023 spider collecting trip to two cemeteries (primarily Bethel Church Cemetery east of Ridgefield), Clark County, Washington. We sought a basic spider sample (which we got), records of the undescribed cemetery vase spider (which we got), and introduced crab spider Ozyptila praticola (which we didn't get) — all according to Hoyle! The Bethel site wasn't as rich as some natural habitats, but produced 26 species (including uncommon Tricholathys rothi plus range extensions for two introduced salticids), adding to an old sample of house spiders for 31 total. A brief visit to a cemetery in Vancouver got more of the vase spider, though not much else.
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2020 aerial photo of Bethel Methodist Church and Cemetery, Ridgefield, Clark County, Washington Bethel Methodist Church, Ridgefield, Clark County, Washington
Center clearing is church grounds; cemetery on right (Clark Co. 2020) Bethel Methodist Church           © Laurel Ramseyer
Laurel Ramseyer collecting from a vase, Bethel Methodist ChurchCemetery, Ridgefield, Clark County, Washington scene in Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery, Ridgefield, Clark County, Washington
Laurel reaching for a grave vase              © Rod Crawford Scene in the Bethel Church Cemetery          © Rod Crawford
hanging boughs of Douglas-fir, Bethel Church Cemetery, Ridgefield, Clark County, Washington east end of Bethel Church Cemetery, Ridgefield, Clark County, Washington
Hanging Douglas-fir boughs, good habitat   © Rod Crawford Looking toward east end of cemetery           © Laurel Ramseyer
red cedar Thuja plicata trunk, Bethel Church Cemetery, Ridgefield, Clark County, Washington understory with invading blackberry, Bethel Church Cemetery, Ridgefield, Clark County, Washington
Giant cedar trunk just inside woods       © Rod Crawford Natural understory with invasive blackberry springing up       © Rod Crawford
bigleaf maple litter, Bethel Church Cemetery, Ridgefield, Clark County, Washington maple litter in sifter, Bethel Church Cemetery, Ridgefield, Clark County, Washington
Leaf litter under solitary bigleaf maple      © Rod Crawford Some of the litter ready to sift                © Rod Crawford
mossy maple branches, Bethel Church Cemetery, Ridgefield, Clark County, Washington Douglas-fir cones, Bethel Church Cemetery, Ridgefield, Clark County, Washington
Mossy maple branches         © Rod Crawford Douglas-fir cones ready to tap                 © Laurel Ramseyer
jumping spider Salticus scenicus, Bethel Church Cemetery, Ridgefield, Clark County, Washington spider Dictyna calcarata on church, Bethel Church Cemetery, Ridgefield, Clark County, Washington
Salticus scenicus on a tombstone        © Laurel Ramseyer Dictyna calcarata and egg sac on church building         © Laurel Ramseyer
recessed vase at Evergreen Memorial Garden, Vancouver, Washington Grave of Addie and Eddie Webb, Evergreen Memorial Garden, Vancouver, Washington
Typical recessed vase            © Rod Crawford Grave of Addie and Eddie Webb (Vancouver)                © Rod Crawford
coccinellid beetle Adalia bipunctata on Church building, Bethel Church Cemetery, Ridgefield, Clark County, Washington sunset from Interstate 5, King County, Washington on 9 May 2023
Adalia bipunctata on church, a native!   © Laurel Ramseyer Sunset on the way home             © Rod Crawford

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