Selected photos by Rod
Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 16 June 2015 spider collecting trip to the Sand Ridge Trailhead along the White Pass Highway. Laurel found at least two giant Ponderosa pines (with cones) in the grand fir/Douglas-fir dominated forest, so she was happy. A nearby decommissioned road was lined by at least 9 native conifer species. Temperatures were moderate, the day was very pleasant and we got a decent collection of 28-29 species. See Laurel's account here.
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X marks main trailhead site (Yakima County, 2011) | Accessible conifer foliage was abundant © Rod Crawford |
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Young pine foliage along the old road © Rod Crawford | Grand fir foliage was dominant © Rod Crawford |
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Western hemlock foliage © Rod Crawford | Engelmann spruce foliage © Rod Crawford |
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Larch foliage © Rod Crawford | Young western larch tree © Rod Crawford |
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Mature red cedar trunk © Rod Crawford | Unidentified Theridion from conifer foliage © Rod Crawford |
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Theridion lawrencei © Rod Crawford | Where spider collecting is a real picnic © Rod Crawford |
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The trailhead outhouse © Rod Crawford | Novalena web in outhouse © Rod Crawford |
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Herbaceous understory © Rod Crawford | The actual trailhead, itself! © Rod Crawford |
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Look, up in the sky! © Laurel Ramseyer | Huge mound of debris at base of giant pine © Laurel Ramseyer |
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Camel cricket from a pine cone © Laurel Ramseyer | Plenty more cones where that came from © Laurel Ramseyer |
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Juvenile Pimoa (curvata?) from a cone © Laurel Ramseyer | Small grassy tracts produced few spiders © Rod Crawford |
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Numerous juvenile Callobius © Laurel Ramseyer | Near-adult Callobius severus under pine bark © Laurel Ramseyer |
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Twinflowers among the pine cones © Laurel Ramseyer | Unidentified Lepthyphantes from forest floor bark © Rod Crawford |
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Alders at end of marsh © Rod Crawford | The little marsh across the highway © Rod Crawford |
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Sedge in the little marsh © Rod Crawford | Upper part of wetland, skunk-cabbage-dominated © Rod Crawford |
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Pardosa mackenziana © Rod Crawford | Pardosa habitat, start of the decommissioned road © Rod Crawford |
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Laurel in hair-bleaching sunlight © Rod Crawford | The old road became a bit narrow © Rod Crawford |
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Mt. Rainier from Enumclaw © Rod Crawford | Mt. Rainier from White River viewpoint © Rod Crawford |
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Artistic elk crossing signs fascinated Laurel © Rod Crawford | Sunset from south Seattle © Rod Crawford |
This page last updated 12 July, 2015