Album of Otter Creek Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 14 April 2025 spider collecting trip (with Kathy Whaley) to Otter Creek along Evans Road, Lewis County, Washington. We collected at an out-of-area cemetery and then a creekside riparian forest, where we got 24 species; then along a gated road through younger regrowth, where we boosted the day's catch to 43 species. All thanks to access from the friendlier local timber companies.
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2021 aerial photo of Otter Creek area, southern Lewis County, Washington Laurel Ramseyer collecting in Lone Hill Cemetery, south Lewis County, Washington
Our collecting sites on Otter Creek & Evans Road  (Lewis County 2021) Laurel collecting in Lone Hill Cemetery (note gray vase)         © Rod Crawford
female crab spider Ozyptila pacifica, Otter Creek at Evans road, south Lewis County, Washington grassy roadside, Otter Creek at Evans road, south Lewis County, Washington
Female Ozyptila pacifica              © Rod Crawford Grassy roadside had Pardosa vancouveri              © Rod Crawford
Celastrina butterfly, Otter Creek at Evans road, south Lewis County, Washington jungly forest edge, Otter Creek at Evans road, south Lewis County, Washington
Celastrina were out in numbers       © Laurel Ramseyer Parts of the forest edge were jungly                 © Laurel Ramseyer
alder coming into leaf, Otter Creek at Evans road, south Lewis County, Washington sword fern understory, Otter Creek at Evans road, south Lewis County, Washington
Spring is sprung!               © Rod Crawford Fern understory, a major habitat            © Rod Crawford
juvenile crab spider Philodromus josemitensis, Otter Creek at Evans road, south Lewis County, Washington maple leaf llitter, Otter Creek at Evans road, south Lewis County, Washington
Philodromus josemitensis            © Rod Crawford Leaf litter not too productive, but worth sifting              © Rod Crawford
tree trunk moss, Otter Creek at Evans road, south Lewis County, Washington tree trunk moss, Otter Creek at Evans road, south Lewis County, Washington
Moss on big trunk            © Laurel Ramseyer Moss on little trunks                    © Laurel Ramseyer
salmonberry flowers, Otter Creek at Evans road, south Lewis County, Washington ventral view of male jumping spider Eris militaris, Otter Creek at Evans road, south Lewis County, Washington
Salmonberry flowers             © Laurel Ramseyer Eris militaris, ventral               © Laurel Ramseyer
turbid Otter Creek at Evans road, south Lewis County, Washington Otter Creek at Evans road, south Lewis County, Washington
Turbid Otter Creek              © Rod Crawford Shallower bits didn't look so bad                        © Rod Crawford
Gerris water strider, Otter Creek at Evans road, south Lewis County, Washington male jumping spider Eris militaris, dorsal, Otter Creek at Evans road, south Lewis County, Washington
Gerris strider on cloudy water         © Laurel Ramseyer Eris militaris was one of the commoner species               © Laurel Ramseyer
dangling understory over Otter Creek at Evans road, south Lewis County, Washington mossy tree leaning over Otter Creek at Evans road, south Lewis County, Washington
Understory dangling over creek         © Laurel Ramseyer Mossy tree leaning into creek                  © Laurel Ramseyer
Oxalis oregana "asleep", Otter Creek at Evans road, south Lewis County, Washington Oxalis oregana "awake", Otter Creek at Evans road, south Lewis County, Washington
Oxalis oregana "asleep"           © Laurel Ramseyer Oxalis oregana "awake"                        © Laurel Ramseyer
gate sign on Skykomish Resources track off Evans Road, south Lewis County, Washington gate at start of Skykomish Resources track off Evans Road, south Lewis County, Washington
You don't say!              © Rod Crawford Kathy at gate on our second site's road                 © Rod Crawford
grassy verge on Skykomish Resources track off Evans Road, south Lewis County, Washington Skykomish Resources track off Evans Road, south Lewis County, Washington
Grassy verge and Douglas-fir               © Rod Crawford The gated logging road, initially alder-lined                  © Laurel Ramseyer
female spider Ceraticelus vesperus from Scots broom, Skykomish Resources track off Evans Road, south Lewis County, Washington Skykomish Resources track off Evans Road, south Lewis County, Washington
Ceraticelus fissiceps from broom        © Laurel Ramseyer The alder gives way to Douglas-fir                    © Rod Crawford
Rhomphaea fictilium spider from conifer foliage, Skykomish Resources track off Evans Road, south Lewis County, Washington sparseness of Douglas-fir foliage, Skykomish Resources track off Evans Road, south Lewis County, Washington
Rhomphaea fictilium                  © Rod Crawford Douglas-fir foliage not very dense                   © Rod Crawford
Scots broom foliage, Skykomish Resources track off Evans Road, south Lewis County, Washington female Clubiona kastoni spider, Skykomish Resources track off Evans Road, south Lewis County, Washington
Scots broom foliage, a habitat to try    © Laurel Ramseyer Clubiona kastoni                    © Rod Crawford
front of garter snake, Skykomish Resources track off Evans Road, south Lewis County, Washington slender garter snake, Skykomish Resources track off Evans Road, south Lewis County, Washington
Garter snake                    © Laurel Ramseyer Garter snake looked rather skinny                © Laurel Ramseyer

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