Album of Toledo Field Trip

Selected photos from the spider collecting field trip to the Cowlitz River near Toledo, Washington on 7 November 2007 with Laurel Ramseyer and Rod Crawford. Photos by both, as credited. Our original plans washed out by rain, the weather service Surface Observations page showed us the one collecting destination where it was dry, Toledo in southern Lewis County. Aerial photos from 1990 showed a nice swatch of habitat along the river just south of town, but we found only a thin fringe of woods separating the riverbank from new farm fields and sewage lagoons. However, grass, litter, and a twilight visit to the town park still got us 32 spider species.
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bank of Cowlitz River south of Toledo, Washington bank and island, Cowlitz River south of Toledo, Washington
Rocky shore downriver       © Laurel Ramseyer Beautiful habitat beckons from inaccessible island     © Rod Crawford
hibernating muscoid fly, Cowlitz River south of Toledo, Washington riparian cottonwood woodland Populus trichocarpa, Cowlitz River south of Toledo, Washington
Sleepy hibernating fly     © Laurel Ramseyer Riparian cottonwoods provided us with habitat       © Rod Crawford
slug Prophysaon andersoni Arionidae, Cowlitz River south of Toledo, Washington cottonwoods Populus trichocarpa, Cowlitz River south of Toledo, Washington
Native slug, Prophysaon    © Laurel Ramseyer Leafless part of cottonwood canopy        © Rod Crawford
stony shore of Cowlitz River south of Toledo, Washington grass and sedge on shore of Cowlitz River south of Toledo, Washington
Shoreline stones hid few spiders © Laurel Ramseyer Sweeping was productive in grass & sedge   © Rod Crawford
mayfly Ephemeroptera, Cowlitz River south of Toledo, Washington bank of Cowlitz River south of Toledo, Washington
Mayflies emerging in November! © Laurel Ramseyer Downriver, understory brush crowns high bank   © Laurel Ramseyer
toad bug Gelastocoris oculatus Gelastocoridae beside Cowlitz River south of Toledo, Washington Cowlitz River south of Toledo, Washington
Toad bug, Gelastocoris       © Laurel Ramseyer Sun dazzles off the river           © Laurel Ramseyer
snowberries, Symphoricarpos albus, Cowlitz River south of Toledo, Washington toadstools mushrooms along Cowlitz River south of Toledo, Washington
Snowberries, Symphoricarpos    © Laurel Ramseyer Toadstools on the bank         © Laurel Ramseyer
remains of deer (presumably poached) along Cowlitz River south of Toledo, Washington Cowlitz River south of Toledo, Washington
You dropped something, Mr. Poacher  © R.Crawford Twilight descends across the river      © Laurel Ramseyer

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