Selected photos by Rod
Crawford and Jerry Austin from our 23 April 2025 spider collecting trip (with Kathy Whaley) to unnamed tributaries of the South Fork Chehalis River, SSW of Wildwood, Lewis County, Washington. We collected along Sierra Pacific logging roads through Spring-beautified second growth forest, ending the day with 39-41 species. All thanks to Sierra Pacific for access.
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| Our collecting sites along SP Road 530 (Lewis County 2021) | Starting our stroll through sylvan beauty © Rod Crawford |
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| Grassy verge habitat © Rod Crawford | A little stretch of the road in full sunlight © Rod Crawford |
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| Approaching my planned riparian site © Rod Crawford | I took my first 22 species near this bridge © Rod Crawford |
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| Alders show spring a bit farther along © Rod Crawford | The nameless creek under my bridge © Rod Crawford |
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| Maple-alder litter in my sifter © Rod Crawford | Litter in place under the understory © Rod Crawford |
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| Scotinella sculleni from moss © Rod Crawford | Hexura picea from litter © Rod Crawford |
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| Tree trunk moss © Rod Crawford | Mossy riparian maples © Rod Crawford |
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| Smaller mossy alders farther along © Jerry Austin | Neon reticulatus from moss © Rod Crawford |
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| Rotten stump wasn't too productive © Rod Crawford | Roadside sword fern understory © Rod Crawford |
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| This broom was even less productive © Rod Crawford | "Two roads diverged in a wood…" © Rod Crawford | |
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| Mystery canid skull © Jerry Austin | Cybaeota shastae from moss © Rod Crawford |
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| Female Ceraticelus fissiceps from Douglas-firs © Rod Crawford | Rod hiking back toward the car © Jerry Austin |
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| Dicentra formosa in understory © Rod Crawford | South Fork Chehalis River from SP Road 500 bridge © Rod Crawford |
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| Little yellow flowers on road by bridge © Rod Crawford | Sunset from the freeway on our way back north © Rod Crawford |
This page last updated 20 May, 2025