Album of Lebam Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 7 November 2024 spider collecting trip (with Kathy Whaley and Jerry Austin) to Maple Hill Cemetery, outside Lebam, Pacific County, Washington. (An early settler named Lebam after his young daughter Mabel, reversing the spelling, when the Postal Service rejected the original place name Half Moon). The cemetery boasts a vast array of incredibly spider-rich Douglas-fir foliage, and other fine habitats were nearby; even with a short day ending at 4:30, the 4 of us got a magnficent 63-species sample!
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Lebam, Pacific County, Washington showing field sites Maple Hill Cemetery, Lebam, Pacific County, Washington
Outline of cemetery; round dots are sites on the rail trail
(Pacific County, 2023)		 Cemetery sign with a rather jaunty font                 © Rod Crawford
male of Lepthyphantes (Palliduphantes) #8, Maple Hill Cemetery, Lebam, Pacific County, Washington scene in Maple Hill Cemetery, Lebam, Pacific County, Washington
Male of Lepthyphantes (Palliduphantes) #8  © Rod Crawford Scene in the cemetery. Moles were common!               © Rod Crawford
maple trunk, Maple Hill Cemetery, Lebam, Pacific County, Washington Douglas-fir foliage (and Kathy Whaley) in Maple Hill Cemetery, Lebam, Pacific County, Washington
Maple trunk                 © Rod Crawford Just a little of the lovely Douglas-fir foliage (Kathy in foreground)      © Laurel Ramseyer
Jerry Austin crosses a field at Maple Hill Cemetery, Lebam, Pacific County, Washington maple trees at Maple Hill Cemetery, Lebam, Pacific County, Washington
Jerry crosses a field among the Doug-firs    © Rod Crawford The maples of Maple Hill Cemetery               © Rod Crawford
bare tree, Maple Hill Cemetery, Lebam, Pacific County, Washington yellow leaves hanging on, Maple Hill Cemetery, Lebam, Pacific County, Washington
This tree's already lost all its leaves       © Rod Crawford But this one still has some fall color hanging on               © Rod Crawford
mushroom in maple litter, Maple Hill Cemetery, Lebam, Pacific County, Washington bigleaf maple leaf litter, Maple Hill Cemetery, Lebam, Pacific County, Washington
A shroom among the leaf litter         © Rod Crawford Some of the maple litter I sifted                    © Rod Crawford
horizontal trunk with maple litter, Maple Hill Cemetery, Lebam, Pacific County, Washington male spider Erigone aletris, Maple Hill Cemetery, Lebam, Pacific County, Washington
Horizontal trunk with moss, ferns, litter   © Rod Crawford Male Erigone aletris                 © Rod Crawford
Ero pirate spider egg sac, bridge near Maple Hill Cemetery, Lebam, Pacific County, Washington female pirate spider Ero canionis, Maple Hill Cemetery, Lebam, Pacific County, Washington
Egg sac of Ero sp. pirate spider          © Laurel Ramseyer Ero canionis female                   © Rod Crawford
bigleaf maple tree, Maple Hill Cemetery, Lebam, Pacific County, Washington Robinson Road, S edge of Maple Hill Cemetery, Lebam, Pacific County, Washington
When younger, this maple had a "witch's broom" form  © Rod Crawford Robinson Road, between cemetery and rail trail            © Rod Crawford
lichen-covered tree S of Maple Hill Cemetery, Lebam, Pacific County, Washington Willapa Hills Trail S of Maple Hill Cemetery, Lebam, Pacific County, Washington
Lichen-covered tree           © Laurel Ramseyer Along the Willapa Hills Trail                  © Laurel Ramseyer
sword fern, Maple Hill Cemetery, Lebam, Pacific County, Washington sword fern, Maple Hill Cemetery, Lebam, Pacific County, Washington
Sword fern in upland forest             © Rod Crawford More sword fern with bracken                       © Rod Crawford
fall colors at entrance of Maple Hill Cemetery, Lebam, Pacific County, Washington carapace of Drassyllus spider from Maple Hill Cemetery, Lebam, Pacific County, Washington
Yellow & red leaves flank the entrance    © Rod Crawford Drassyllus from a grave-vase                   © Rod Crawford
Pyrrharactia isabella larva from Willapa River near Maple Hill Cemetery, Lebam, Pacific County, Washington trail bridge over Willapa River near Maple Hill Cemetery, Lebam, Pacific County, Washington
"Woolly bear," Pyrrharactia isabella     © Laurel Ramseyer Trail bridge over the Willapa River                  © Laurel Ramseyer
Spirembolus mundus spider from Maple Hill Cemetery, Lebam, Pacific County, Washington river and riparian habitats below bridge, near Maple Hill Cemetery, Lebam, Pacific County, Washington
Spirembolus mundus               © Rod Crawford River and riparian zone below the bridge             © Laurel Ramseyer
Calymmaria suprema spider on bridge near Maple Hill Cemetery, Lebam, Pacific County, Washington Calymmaria suprema spider from bridge near Maple Hill Cemetery, Lebam, Pacific County, Washington
Calymmaria suprema on bridge        © Laurel Ramseyer Another Calymmaria suprema extracted from her web     © Laurel Ramseyer
perched flood debris above Willapa River, near Maple Hill Cemetery, Lebam, Pacific County, Washington Willapa River near Maple Hill Cemetery, Lebam, Pacific County, Washington
Wads of flood debris deposited in tree   © Laurel Ramseyer Deceptively placid-looking Willapa River            © Laurel Ramseyer
male spider Walckenaeria auranticeps from female spider Walckenaeria auranticeps from flood debris by Willapa River near Maple Hill Cemetery, Lebam, Pacific County, Washington
Male Walckenaeria auranticeps from flood debris    © Rod Crawford Female Walckenaeria auranticeps from flood debris          © Rod Crawford
late stage of sunset on 7 Nov 2024, Maple Hill Cemetery, Lebam, Pacific County, Washington earlier stage of sunset on 7 Nov 2024, Maple Hill Cemetery, Lebam, Pacific County, Washington
Late stage of sunset                  © Rod Crawford Full-fledged sunset                        © Rod Crawford

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