Album of Lepisto Road Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford from my 29 October 2022 spider collecting trip (with Jerry Austin) to the west end of Lepisto Road in the North Fork Lincoln Creek drainage, Lewis County, Washington. The road (ending at a DNR gate) gave access to a large chunk of public land, much visited by hunters on this fall Saturday with decent weather; but the vast majority turned around and left when they found the gate locked! That suited us just fine, and we walked to moss, litter and foliage habitats without ever being shot at, ultimately heading for home with 42-44 spider species.
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Lepisto Road-North Fork Lincoln Creek area, Lewis County, Washington, 2019 aerial photo Jerry Austin's car at our field site, Lepisto Road-North Fork Lincoln Creek area, Lewis County, Washington
We parked at red dot amid varied landscape    (Lewis County, 2019) Little red car back in the field again                 © Rod Crawford
roadside regrowth, Lepisto Road-North Fork Lincoln Creek area, Lewis County, Washington DNR gate, Lepisto Road-North Fork Lincoln Creek area, Lewis County, Washington
Roadside at road's end               © Rod Crawford DNR gate where Lepisto Road ends                    © Rod Crawford
conifer foliage beyond gate, Lepisto Road-North Fork Lincoln Creek area, Lewis County, Washington male microspider Spirembolus mundus, Lepisto Road-North Fork Lincoln Creek area, Lewis County, Washington
There was plenty of conifer foliage          © Rod Crawford Male Spirembolus mundus                           © Rod Crawford
Scots broom in clearcut Cytisus scoparius, Lepisto Road-North Fork Lincoln Creek area, Lewis County, Washington Douglas-fir foliage, Lepisto Road-North Fork Lincoln Creek area, Lewis County, Washington
Scots broom had a few spider species     © Rod Crawford Douglas-fir foliage, beautifully lush but not quite dry!          © Rod Crawford
juvenile spider Metellina mimetoides from Lepisto Road end, North Fork Lincoln Creek, Lewis County, Washington juvenile spider Rhomphaea fictilium from Lepisto Road end, North Fork Lincoln Creek, Lewis County, Washington
Metellina mimetoides                 © Rod Crawford Rhomphaea fictilium — two trips in a row!                      © Rod Crawford
Symphoricarpos albus fruiting snowberry, Lepisto Road end, North Fork Lincoln Creek, Lewis County, Washington beautiful floral array in depression, Lepisto Road end, North Fork Lincoln Creek, Lewis County, Washington
Snowberry with berries             © Rod Crawford Beautiful array of varied foliage                        © Rod Crawford
old road become trail, Lepisto Road end, North Fork Lincoln Creek, Lewis County, Washington sword fern understory along trail, Lepisto Road end, North Fork Lincoln Creek, Lewis County, Washington
Old side road has become a trail           © Rod Crawford Fern understory along trail                        © Rod Crawford
mossy maple trunk, Lepisto Road end, North Fork Lincoln Creek, Lewis County, Washington grassy clearcut, Lepisto Road end, North Fork Lincoln Creek, Lewis County, Washington
Mossy maple trunk                © Rod Crawford Grassy clearcut — little or no blackberry!                    © Rod Crawford
moss in sifter, Lepisto Road end, North Fork Lincoln Creek, Lewis County, Washington millipede Harpaphe haydeniana from moss, Lepisto Road end, North Fork Lincoln Creek, Lewis County, Washington
Moss in sifter                © Rod Crawford Harpaphe haydeniana from moss             © Rod Crawford
bigleaf and vine maple litter on ground, Lepisto Road end, North Fork Lincoln Creek, Lewis County, Washington sifting maple litter, Lepisto Road end, North Fork Lincoln Creek, Lewis County, Washington
Bigleaf and vine maple litter            © Rod Crawford Sifting maple litter                      © Rod Crawford
bigleaf maple trees along road, Lepisto Road end, North Fork Lincoln Creek, Lewis County, Washington deer hunters, Lepisto Road end, North Fork Lincoln Creek, Lewis County, Washington
Row of bigleaf maple trees along the road   © Rod Crawford These were the only deer hunters who actually got out of their trucks       © Rod Crawford
tall grass at edge of clearcut, Lepisto Road end, North Fork Lincoln Creek, Lewis County, Washington female spider Linyphantes natches, Lepisto Road end, North Fork Lincoln Creek, Lewis County, Washington
Unfortunately the tall grass never dried     © Rod Crawford Linyphantes natches                      © Rod Crawford
young maple tree with fall color, Lepisto Road end near North Fork Lincoln Creek, Lewis County, Washington Jerry Austin carries his net for the last time, Lepisto Road end near North Fork Lincoln Creek, Lewis County, Washington
A bit of fall color             © Rod Crawford Jerry Austin carries his net for the last time                  © Rod Crawford
ground fog along Independence Road, Thurston County, Washington sunset along Independence Road, Thurston County, Washington on 29 October 2022
Ground fog rose in the evening         © Rod Crawford Sunset slong Independence Road                   © Rod Crawford

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