Album of Field Trip South of Artic

Selected photos by Rod Crawford from a 3 September 2025 spider collecting trip with Kathy Whaley to 2 sites south of Artic (a wide-spot-in-the-road on Highway 101), Grays Harbor County, Washington. We collected in a riparian forest and field just south of the 101 bridge over the North River, getting quite a variety despite the heavy presence of introduced orbweavers (there was one great native one too!). Then we headed south to timberland along a powerline cut, where we got conifer foliage spiders and a few others. We finished unusually early (no more accessible sites) with 34 species in all.
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aerial photo of field sites south of Artic, Washington entry gate to field site, S side North River south of Artic, Washington
Our northern & southern sites (101 runs up middle)     (NAIP, 2023) Entry gate to our main field habitat                  © Rod Crawford
riparian alder trees S side North River south of Artic, Washington dirt road through riarian woods S side North River south of Artic, Washington
Riparian alder stand                © Rod Crawford Dirt track through the alder forest              © Rod Crawford
orbweaver Araneus diadematus in web, S side North River south of Artic, Washington alder-fern leaf litter, S side North River south of Artic, Washington
Non-native orbweavers were ubiquitous    © Rod Crawford Alder-fern leaf litter                     © Rod Crawford
female spider Neon reticulatus from moss, S side North River south of Artic, Washington harvestman Taracus pallipes from litter, S side North River south of Artic, Washington
Neon reticulatus sifted from moss          © Rod Crawford Taracus pallipes sifted from leaf litter                © Rod Crawford
moss in sifter, S side North River south of Artic, Washington mossy alder trunks, S side North River south of Artic, Washington
Alder trunk moss being sifted            © Rod Crawford Mossy trunks of big alders                  © Rod Crawford
cones on ground, S side North River south of Artic, Washington sitka spruce tree, S side North River south of Artic, Washington
Cones, mainly spruce, on ground            © Rod Crawford Sitka spruce among the alders                   © Rod Crawford
sword fern understory, S side North River south of Artic, Washington sword fern understory, S side North River south of Artic, Washington
Sword fern understory         © Rod Crawford It dominated the understory as usual               © Rod Crawford
female spider Neoscona arabesca, S side North River south of Artic, Washington grassy roadside verge, S side North River south of Artic, Washington
Kathy's prize Neoscona arabesca…          © Rod Crawford …swept from grassy roadside verge                   © Rod Crawford
river bed, no water visible, North River S of Artic, Washington bank below bridge over North River south of Artic, Washington
River bed, no water visible                   © Rod Crawford Steep bank below bridge, tantalizing meadow below             © Rod Crawford
termite wings stuck to tree pitch, S side North River south of Artic, Washington Kathy Whaley napping, S side North River south of Artic, Washington
Myriad termite wings adhere to tree pitch   © Rod Crawford Kathy blissfully napping                © Rod Crawford
Kathy collecting off a building, S side North River south of Artic, Washington Scots broom in field, S side North River south of Artic, Washington
Kathy picking spiders off a building         © Rod Crawford Stand of Scots broom in a field                     © Rod Crawford
stand of Himalayan blackberry, S side North River south of Artic, Washington grassy field, S side North River south of Artic, Washington
Lurking blackberry, ready to take over    © Rod Crawford Grassy field was swept to good effect                        © Rod Crawford
we parked at the site 2 miles south of Artic, Washington gated road below powerline 2 miles south of Artic, Washington
Our chariot parked at the second site      © Rod Crawford A gated road led into the forest                           © Rod Crawford
fir foliage, 2 miles south of Artic, Washington western hemlock foliage, 2 miles south of Artic, Washington
Fir foliage                 © Rod Crawford Lots of western hemlock foliage                      © Rod Crawford
Road gate, 2 miles south of Artic, Washington Kathy sweeping in powerline clearing, 2 miles south of Artic, Washington
No sign on the gate               © Rod Crawford Kathy sweeps her way up the powerline                   © Rod Crawford

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