Album of Alder Cemetery Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 12 May 2019 spider collecting trip to Alder Cemetery, on a sort of peninsula within Alder Reservoir, Pierce County, Washington. We took 47 spider species from nicely varied habitats in an environment that would have been very peaceful except for the screaming peafowl!
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2017 aerial photo of spider sites, Alder Cemetery, Alder Reservoir, Pierce County, Washington entrance of Alder Cemetery, Alder Reservoir, Pierce County, Washington
Red dots: cemetery left, Lillie Dale Rd. right   (Pierce Co. 2017) Cemetery entrance (IOOF = Odd Fellows lodge)               © Rod Crawford
Alder Cemetery, Alder Reservoir, Pierce County, Washington habitats at edge of Alder Cemetery, Alder Reservoir, Pierce County, Washington
Typical graves                © Rod Crawford Cemetery edge with tall grass, riparian woods             © Rod Crawford
riparian woodland, Alder Cemetery, Alder Reservoir, Pierce County, Washington grassy field at edge of Alder Cemetery, Alder Reservoir, Pierce County, Washington
Into the riparian woods           © Rod Crawford Grassy field — with stealth nettles!           © Rod Crawford
grass habitat, Alder Cemetery, Alder Reservoir, Pierce County, Washington lakeshore grass, Alder Cemetery, Alder Reservoir, Pierce County, Washington
Grass with dandelions              © Rod Crawford Lakeshore grass; lots of grass available!          © Rod Crawford
decommissioned boat launch next to Alder Cemetery, Alder Reservoir, Pierce County, Washington lake shore next to Alder Cemetery, Alder Reservoir, Pierce County, Washington
Lake access next to cemetery           © Rod Crawford Lake shoreline                       © Rod Crawford
speedboat on Alder Reservoir, Alder Cemetery, Alder Reservoir, Pierce County, Washington View of Mt. Rainier from Alder Cemetery, Alder Reservoir, Pierce County, Washington
Boat speeds by on the lake            © Rod Crawford While Mt. Rainier doesn't move at all                     © Rod Crawford
woodland understory, Alder Cemetery, Alder Reservoir, Pierce County, Washington Pimoa altioculata spider female under rock, Alder Cemetery, Alder Reservoir, Pierce County, Washington
Understory habitat              © Laurel Ramseyer Pimoa altioculata under a rock                  © Laurel Ramseyer
moss on alder trunk, Alder Cemetery, Alder Reservoir, Pierce County, Washington bleedingheart Dicentra formosa in understory, Alder Cemetery, Alder Reservoir, Pierce County, Washington
Moss destined for sifting            © Laurel Ramseyer Dicentra in understory                   © Laurel Ramseyer
leaf litter, Alder Cemetery, Alder Reservoir, Pierce County, Washington leaf litter banked behind log, Alder Cemetery, Alder Reservoir, Pierce County, Washington
Alder and cottonwood litter        © Rod Crawford Leaf litter banked against a log                © Rod Crawford
invasive Rubus armeniacus at Alder Cemetery, Alder Reservoir, Pierce County, Washington grassy roadside verge at Alder Cemetery, Alder Reservoir, Pierce County, Washington
Invading Himalayan blackberry!          © Rod Crawford Flowery roadside verge                   © Rod Crawford
Douglas-fir cones at Alder Cemetery, Alder Reservoir, Pierce County, Washington peafowl at Alder Cemetery, Alder Reservoir, Pierce County, Washington
Many Doug-fir cones, few spiders    © Laurel Ramseyer Peafowl, very noisy!                            © Rod Crawford
Philodromus crab spider, Alder Cemetery, Alder Reservoir, Pierce County, Washington jumping spider Salticidae Pelegrina aeneola, Alder Cemetery, Alder Reservoir, Pierce County, Washington
Philodromus species        © Laurel Ramseyer Jumping spider Pelegrina aeneola                          © Laurel Ramseyer
flower crab spider Misumena vatia, Alder Cemetery, Alder Reservoir, Pierce County, Washington flowering shrubs, Alder Cemetery, Alder Reservoir, Pierce County, Washington
Male Misumena vatia…            © Laurel Ramseyer …found on flowers                    © Laurel Ramseyer
meadow grass from Alder Cemetery, Alder Reservoir, Pierce County, Washington meadow on Alder Cemetery, Alder Reservoir, Pierce County, Washington
Meadow grass had other species       © Rod Crawford Small but lush meadow on Lillie Dale Road                      © Rod Crawford
gnaphosid spider Callilepis pluto from shore of Alder Reservoir by Alder Cemetery, Pierce County, Washington Ponderosa pine tree on Washington Avenue, Eatonville, Washington
Laurel's Callilepis from lake shore      © Rod Crawford Ponderosa pine tree in Eatonville                        © Rod Crawford
Laurel Ramseyer collecting from cones at Ponderosa pine tree on Washington Avenue, Eatonville, Washington cones on apartment steps at Ponderosa pine tree on Washington Avenue, Eatonville, Washington
Laurel tapping the pine cones        © Rod Crawford Scads of pine cones on apartment steps           © Rod Crawford

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