Album of Langworthy Road Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 6 October 2022 spider collecting trip to working-forest sites (chiefly Port Blakely Tree Farms property) along and near Langworthy Road in the extreme SW corner of Thurston County, Washington. Balked of our original destination by active logging, we found reasonable and accessible alternates nearby, beginning with what turned out to be an only 1-year-old clearcut, but with well-developed spider fauna. An old road took us into a young forest adjacent for different spiders, and a final site on a side road nearby added more for a satisfactory 39 species. The USGS map calls this gently rolling area with no summit, "Michigan Hill."
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2020 aerial view of Michigan Hill Collecting area, Thurstonn County, Washington Blakely Tree Farms gate into 2021 clearcut, Michigan Hill, Thurston County, Washington
Winter photo of our collecting area with 2021 clearcut outlined
in red; our 4 sites as round red dots (NAIP, 2020)
Port Blakely gate allows pedestrian access            © Laurel Ramseyer
road into 2021 clearcut, Michigan Hill, Thurston County, Washington grassy habitat in 2021 clearcut, Michigan Hill, Thurston County, Washington
Logging road through new clearcut        © Rod Crawford Who would guess spider-rich meadow was 1 year old?          © Rod Crawford
orbweaver Araneus diadematus just into forest from 2021 clearcut, Michigan Hill, Thurston County, Washington west end of 2021 clearcut, Michigan Hill, Thurston County, Washington
Araneus diadematus just into forest      © Rod Crawford West end of the 2021 clearcut                    © Rod Crawford
Douglas-fir cone at edge of 2021 clearcut, Michigan Hill, Thurston County, Washington edge of young Douglas-fir forest from 2021 clearcut, Michigan Hill, Thurston County, Washington
Nice juicy Douglas-fir cone             © Rod Crawford Edge of young Douglas-fir forest                © Rod Crawford
erigonine spider Spirembolus mundus from trees, 2016 clearcut on Langworthy Road, Michigan Hill, Thurston County, Washington planted trees in 2016 clearcut on Langworthy Road, Michigan Hill, Thurston County, Washington
Spirembolus mundus with prey          © Laurel Ramseyer Somewhat-older clearcut across the road was planted           © Rod Crawford
penultimate male Xysticus cristatus, 2016 clearcut on Langworthy Road, Michigan Hill, Thurston County, Washington female orbweaver Neoscona arabesca, 2016 clearcut on Langworthy Road, Michigan Hill, Thurston County, Washington
Penultimate Xysticus cristatus         © Laurel Ramseyer Native orbweaver Neoscona arabesca, nice catch!         © Laurel Ramseyer
Coccinella lady beetle, 2016 clearcut on Langworthy Road, Michigan Hill, Thurston County, Washington lynx spider Oxyopes scalaris, 2016 clearcut on Langworthy Road, Michigan Hill, Thurston County, Washington
Coccinella septempunctata lady beetle  © Laurel Ramseyer Lynx spider, Oxyopes scalaris                 © Laurel Ramseyer
stump in young forest west of 2021 clearcut, Michigan Hill, Thurston County, Washington old road in young forest west of 2021 clearcut, Michigan Hill, Thurston County, Washington
Laurel got spiders and a centipede here  © Laurel Ramseyer Old road through the young forest                  © Rod Crawford
male crab spider Ozyptila pacifica sifted from moss, young forest west of 2021 clearcut, Michigan Hill, Thurston County, Washington sword fern understory, young forest west of 2021 clearcut, Michigan Hill, Thurston County, Washington
Ozyptila pacifica sifted from moss       © Laurel Ramseyer Sword fern understory                   © Rod Crawford
leaf litter, young forest west of 2021 clearcut, Michigan Hill, Thurston County, Washington moss on isolated maple trunk, young forest west of 2021 clearcut, Michigan Hill, Thurston County, Washington
A miscellaneous bag of leaf litter        © Rod Crawford Moss on an isolated maple tree                  © Laurel Ramseyer
moss on hemlocks, Drewry Road, Michigan Hill, Thurston County, Washington moss on alders, Drewry Road, Michigan Hill, Thurston County, Washington
Moss on hemlocks, Drewry Road         © Laurel Ramseyer Moss on alders, Drewry Road                        © Laurel Ramseyer


This page last updated 13 October, 2022