Album of Vesta-North River Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 16 March 2024 spider collecting trip to the Vesta area, on the North River in Grays Harbor County, Washington. We collected at tiny Vesta Cemetery, in a nice wild section of private timberland nearby, and around the North River Road bridge over (what else) the North River. We collected a nice even 40 species in that area, but the best species from the trip was Islandiana flaveola, a new state record from grave vases at Oakville Pioneer Cemetery.
READ TRIP NARRATIVE PHOTO ALBUM INDEX MAIN JOURNAL INDEX
2021 aerial photo of Vesta area, Grays Harbor County, Washington Oakville Pioneer Cemetery, near Oakville, Washington
Our sites & other features near Vesta     (Grays Harbor County, 2021) Oakville Pioneer Cemetery                  © Rod Crawford
Recessed grave vase at Oakville Pioneer Cemetery, near Oakville, Washington North River from bridge north of Vesta, Washington
Recessed metal vases often have cool spiders inside  © Rod Crawford Placid North River                    © Laurel Ramseyer
Entering Vesta (still some distance from buildings), Grays Harbor County, Washington gate to private timberland, Vesta, Washington
Entering Vesta but no buildings yet     © Rod Crawford Gate to private timberland                   © Laurel Ramseyer
sifter with marsh leaf litter near Vesta, Washington alder-cottonwood leaf litter in marsh near Vesta, Washington
Leaf litter being sifted               © Rod Crawford Alder-cottonwood leaf litter in marsh           © Rod Crawford
spider Bathyphantes brevipes from marsh leaf litter near Vesta, Washington beaver pond near Vesta, Washington
Bathyphantes brevipes from litter            © Rod Crawford Beaver pond from old dam                      © Rod Crawford
moss on trees at marsh near Vesta, Washington marsh by beaver pond near Vesta, Washington
Moss available for sifting             © Laurel Ramseyer Marshy fringe of beaver pond                      © Laurel Ramseyer
deer scat in forest near Vesta, Washington alder thicket at edge of marsh near Vesta, Washington
A deer has been here              © Rod Crawford Alder thicket at edge of beaver marsh              © Rod Crawford
salmonberry flower, Vesta, Washington female spider Micaria pulicaria from marsh near Vesta, Washington
First pre-Spring salmonberry flower    © Laurel Ramseyer Micaria pulicaria from the marsh litter                 © Rod Crawford
juvenile spider Ero canionis from fern understory near Vesta, Washington sword fern understory near Vesta, Washington
Ero canionis beaten from ferns             © Rod Crawford Productive sword fern understory                      © Rod Crawford
mini water tower at McKinley Road, Vesta, Washington Laurel Ramseyer on the trail/old road to marsh near Vesta, Washington
Mini water tower had some spiders     © Laurel Ramseyer Laurel on the trail (old road)                © Rod Crawford
North River bridge north of Vesta, Washington juvenile Pityohyphantes spider from North River bridge outside Vesta, Washington
Bridge produced varied spiders           © Rod Crawford This Pityohyphantes was on the bridge                    © Rod Crawford
alder trunk with moss, near Vesta, Washington North River downstream of bridge, outside Vesta, Washington
Robust alder trunk               © Laurel Ramseyer North River downstream of bridge                   © Rod Crawford
Rod Crawford examining a sweep sample, north of Vesta, Washington mowed meadow by bridge north of Vesta, Washington
Rod examines a sweep sample       © Laurel Ramseyer I'd hoped to sweep this field, but it had been mowed!            © Rod Crawford
riparian meadow by North River near Vesta, Washington North river upstream of bridge near Vesta, Washington
Better grass in riparian zone             © Rod Crawford North River upstream of bridge                   © Rod Crawford
forbidding road signs on McKinley Road, Vesta, Washington Mount Rainier reflects sunset, Pierce County, Washington, 16 March 2024
Distinctly unwelcoming signs on McKinley Road     © Rod Crawford Sunset Mt. Rainier was hard to photograph from freeway        © Rod Crawford

[Native Wildlife Gardening Home]     [Bug Information from The Scarabs]     [Bugs of the Month Home]

This page last updated 10 April, 2024