Selected photos by Rod
Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 3 October 2017 spider collecting trip to sites near La Center, Clark County, Washington. First we visited a county "legacy lands" tract on the bank of the East Fork Lewis River, where we quickly added 16 species to a prior sample of 12. Our main business was across the freeway at Allen Canyon Natural Area, property of the Columbia Land Trust, where canyon forest, riparian marsh and a forest-bordered upland field gave us 36 species in a short day, including some very cool stuff! Laurel got only 2 specimens in conifer cones, but can't complain — one of them was Washington's first specimen of tiny Gertschanapis! Her account of the day is here.
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| Red dots show routes to habitats from road (Clark County, 2016) | The terrain looks like former farmland © Rod Crawford |
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| Mantid lurks by the river © Laurel Ramseyer | Pyrrharctia isabella © Laurel Ramseyer |
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| Accessible Douglas-fir foliage © Rod Crawford | Laurel did some sweeping along the lovely riverbank © Rod Crawford |
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| Interior of a natural Douglas-fir grove © Rod Crawford | Uncommon Phanias harfordii from fir-grove understory © Rod Crawford |
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| Phidippus audax from roadside shed © Laurel Ramseyer | Tall riparian field © Laurel Ramseyer |
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| Natural understory of fir grove © Rod Crawford | Placid East Fork Lewis River © Laurel Ramseyer |
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| Ero canionis from understory © Rod Crawford | Laurel sampling red cedar foliage © Rod Crawford |
One gridspace to the west, we collected in a land-trust natural area on Allen Creek and Mud Lake.
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| 3 collecting sites at Allen Canyon (Clark County, 2016) | Riparian meadow in Allen Canyon © Rod Crawford |
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| No rule against spider collecting © Rod Crawford | Some parts of the meadow are blackberry-free © Rod Crawford |
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| But invasive blackberry much in evidence © Rod Crawford | Male Wubana atypica © Rod Crawford |
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| Laurel collecting from fence rail © Rod Crawford | Female Eris militaris © Laurel Ramseyer |
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| Female Araneus diadematus © Laurel Ramseyer | Closed canopy roadside forest © Rod Crawford |
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| Female Pimoa altioculata with prey © Laurel Ramseyer | Trail to shore of Mud Lake © Rod Crawford |
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| Poison oak (note variable leaf shape) © Laurel Ramseyer | Orb web of Metellina segmentata in lakeside oak © Laurel Ramseyer |
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| Laurel's prize Gertschanapis, <2mm long! © Rod Crawford | Lakeside meadow and Douglas-fir stand © Laurel Ramseyer |
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| Noctuid for ID: calling Jerry Austin! © Laurel Ramseyer | Spiraea douglasii by lake © Laurel Ramseyer |
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| Rod crossing big upper field for fir foliage © Laurel Ramseyer | The next fir tree is far, far across! © Laurel Ramseyer |
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| Fir foliage was worth the walk © Rod Crawford | There's the next fir, way over there! © Rod Crawford |
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| Oak tree in evening light © Rod Crawford | Field of the Long Shadows © Rod Crawford |
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| Juvenile Oxyopes might be elusive O. salticus © Rod Crawford | Sun sets as we head for home © Rod Crawford |
This page last updated 3 February, 2018