Album of Silver Lake Cemetery Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 29 April 2026 spider collecting trip to Silver Lake Cemetery and Hall Road Wildlife Area, on the north side of Silver Lake, Cowlitz County, Washington. We got an adequate sample (24), with some interesting species, from the cemetery alone, but subsequent work in both a forest habitat and a wetland-ish meadow in the wildlife area brought us up to a great total of 53 species, including an apparently new Satilatlas! Delightful burgers at Betty's Place put the cap on a fine field day.
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Silver Lake Cemetery area, Cowlitz County, Washington, aerial view Silver Lake Cemetery, Cowlitz County, Washington
Red dots, cemetery (left), wildlife area (Cowlitz County 2025) The cemetery with recessed vases in use                   © Rod Crawford
vase in place, Silver Lake Cemetery, Cowlitz County, Washington rocks around service shed, Silver Lake Cemetery, Cowlitz County, Washington
Recessed vase in place: spider habitat   © Laurel Ramseyer Rocks around foundation of service shed                  © Laurel Ramseyer
spider Crustulina sticta from vase, Silver Lake Cemetery, Cowlitz County, Washington jumping spider Salticus scenicus on shed wall, Silver Lake Cemetery, Cowlitz County, Washington
Crustulina sticta from vase       © Laurel Ramseyer Male Salticus scenicus on shed wall                      © Laurel Ramseyer
crab spider Philodromus josemitensis on shed wall, Silver Lake Cemetery, Cowlitz County, Washington female spider Zodarion rubidum under rock, Silver Lake Cemetery, Cowlitz County, Washington
Philodromus josemitensis on shed wall   © Laurel Ramseyer Zodarion rubidum from under rock                        © Laurel Ramseyer
female spider Erigone autumnalis from vase, Silver Lake Cemetery, Cowlitz County, Washington view of lake from Silver Lake Cemetery, Cowlitz County, Washington
Erigone autumnalis from vase           © Rod Crawford Cemetery with a view                         © Laurel Ramseyer
cedar foliage at edge of Silver Lake Cemetery, Cowlitz County, Washington deer crossing near Silver Lake Cemetery, Cowlitz County, Washington
Cedar foliage had several species         © Rod Crawford Deer crossing near cemetery                    © Laurel Ramseyer
female spider Ceraticelus atriceps from sedge in forest, Hall Road Wildlife Area, Silver Lake, Cowlitz County, Washington swampy forest by lake, Hall Road Wildlife Area, Silver Lake, Cowlitz County, Washington
Shield-backed Ceraticelus fissiceps          © Rod Crawford Swampy forest adjacent to Silver Lake                        © Rod Crawford
sedge in semi-wetland within forest, Hall Road Wildlife Area, Silver Lake, Cowlitz County, Washington fern-dominated forest understory, Hall Road Wildlife Area, Silver Lake, Cowlitz County, Washington
Sedge-y wetland within forest              © Laurel Ramseyer Fern-dominated understory                            © Rod Crawford
trillium within forest, Hall Road Wildlife Area, Silver Lake, Cowlitz County, Washington Oregon grape area of understory, Hall Road Wildlife Area, Silver Lake, Cowlitz County, Washington
Trillium within forest                 © Laurel Ramseyer Ferns occasionally gave way to Oregon-grape                      © Rod Crawford
Mossy trunk in forest, Hall Road Wildlife Area, Silver Lake, Cowlitz County, Washington Laurel Ramseyer sifting moss in forest, Hall Road Wildlife Area, Silver Lake, Cowlitz County, Washington
Mossy trunk with spring foliage         © Laurel Ramseyer Laurel sifting moss                           © Rod Crawford
forest leaf litter, Hall Road Wildlife Area, Silver Lake, Cowlitz County, Washington Taracus harvestman from forest moss, Hall Road Wildlife Area, Silver Lake, Cowlitz County, Washington
Forest leaf litter                   © Rod Crawford Taracus harvestman from moss                  © Laurel Ramseyer
Welcome to Toutle Valley sign, Hall Road Wildlife Area, Silver Lake, Cowlitz County, Washington electric fence and gate across highway from Hall Road Wildlife Area, Silver Lake, Cowlitz County, Washington
We are welcomed to the Toutle Valley       © Rod Crawford But electric fence doesn't seem very welcoming
Douglas-fir at far end of meadow, Hall Road Wildlife Area, Silver Lake, Cowlitz County, Washington fo Laurel crossing the big wetland-meadow, Hall Road Wildlife Area, Silver Lake, Cowlitz County, Washington
Douglas-fir at back of big meadow           © Rod Crawford Laurel crossing the big wetland-meadow                  © Rod Crawford
Rod Crawford sampling Douglas-fir foliage, Hall Road Wildlife Area, Silver Lake, Cowlitz County, Washington wild strawberry plant, Hall Road Wildlife Area, Silver Lake, Cowlitz County, Washington
Rod collecting from conifer foliage      © Laurel Ramseyer No strawberries yet                       © Laurel Ramseyer
new spider species genus Satilatlas from meadow, Hall Road Wildlife Area, Silver Lake, Cowlitz County, Washington big meadow, Hall Road Wildlife Area, Silver Lake, Cowlitz County, Washington
The new Satilatlas species Rod swept     © Rod Crawford The big meadow must be marshy much of the time          © Rod Crawford
boat launch on NW side of Silver Lake, Cowlitz County, Washington shoreline flora, boat launch on NW side of Silver Lake, Cowlitz County, Washington
We briefly visited this boat launch on lake    © Rod Crawford Never-sampled shoreline habitat at boat launch               © Rod Crawford
Female spider Phanias harfordii found on fence wire at Silver Lake Cemetery, Cowlitz County, Washington Betty's Place, superior burger joint in Toledo, Washington
Phanias harfordii was wire-walking on fence!     © Laurel Ramseyer Betty's Place, satisfying end to a good field day                  © Rod Crawford

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