Album of Glenoma Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford from the 4 April 2026 spider collecting trip (with Kathy Whaley, Jerry Austin and Carter Kitterman, a student from Bellingham) to sites near Glenoma, Lewis County, Washington (upstream from Riffe Reservoir). We started in a working forest area along Anderson Road, where the Rayonier company has imitated Weyerhaeuser's money-gouging permit system for access. Despite not having access to the interior of the forest, we did all right with good samples from tree foliage and moss along the county road. At our second main site (Tacoma city property near the reservoir) we sifted litter and swept grass, finally adding 2 species from buildings in a park, for a fine 48-species total. Our burger place was Spiffy's in Morton.
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aerial photo of spider sites in the vicinity of Glenoma, Lewis County, Washington brooklet crossing Anderson Road, vicinity of Glenoma, Lewis County, Washington
Glenoma spider sites from the air        (Lewis County, 2024) Brooklet crossing Anderson Road                   © Rod Crawford
mini-meadow with uneven surface, vicinity of Glenoma, Lewis County, Washington roadside mini-meadow, vicinity of Glenoma, Lewis County, Washington
Decidedly uneven meadow surface         © Rod Crawford Roadside mini-meadow                       © Rod Crawford
Douglas-fir foliage, spider-rich, vicinity of Glenoma, Lewis County, Washington Douglas-firs at edge of meadow, vicinity of Glenoma, Lewis County, Washington
Douglas-fir foliage, spider-rich as usual   © Rod Crawford Douglas-firs around edge of meadow                      © Rod Crawford
Rayonier permit sign, vicinity of Glenoma, Lewis County, Washington hills behind working forest, vicinity of Glenoma, Lewis County, Washington
"Pay or stay out"               © Rod Crawford Hills above the clearcut                      © Rod Crawford
Ceraticelus spider from Douglas-fir foliage, vicinity of Glenoma, Lewis County, Washington driveway to big field at 2nd site, vicinity of Glenoma, Lewis County, Washington
Male Ceraticelus from the fir beat            © Rod Crawford Driveway to big grass field at our second site               © Rod Crawford
winterized hay meadow, vicinity of Glenoma, Lewis County, Washington meadow-field used for hay, vicinity of Glenoma, Lewis County, Washington
Meadow still winterized                 © Rod Crawford Obviously hay has been harvested here                © Rod Crawford
cottonwood leaf litter, vicinity of Glenoma, Lewis County, Washington cottonwood tree in hay meadow, vicinity of Glenoma, Lewis County, Washington
Cottonwood litter                © Rod Crawford Cottonwood tree in big (hay) meadow              © Rod Crawford
oddly colored spider Dirksia cinctipes from moss, vicinity of Glenoma, Lewis County, Washington expanse of grass, vicinity of Glenoma, Lewis County, Washington
Oddly-colored Dirksia cinctipes from moss   © Rod Crawford Big expanse of grass                        © Rod Crawford
Linyphantes victoria spider, vicinity of Glenoma, Lewis County, Washington willow thicket in big meadow, vicinity of Glenoma, Lewis County, Washington
Linyphantes victoria from litter sift          © Rod Crawford Willow thicket in big meadow                    © Rod Crawford
Theridion tinctum spider from conifer foliage, vicinity of Glenoma, Lewis County, Washington Dusk/sunset on way to Seattle from Morton, Washington on 4 April 2026
Theridion tinctum from fir foliage          © Rod Crawford Dusk/sunset on the way home                         © Rod Crawford

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