Album of Porter Creek Meadow Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 30 May 2019 spider collecting trip to a meadow on Porter Creek, Grays Harbor County, Washington. Although the meadow itself was smaller than expected, that and adjacent forest still gave us 29 spider species; a nearby clearcut increased our total to 36, including at least 2 not immediately identifiable. We never found our original destination near McCleary, so we still have that to look forward to!
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Area of Porter Creek Meadow, up creek from Porter, Grays Harbor County, Washington Porter Creek Meadow, up creek from Porter, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Our collecting area        (Grays Harbor County, 2015)
 That's IT??? THIS is Porter Creek Meadow?                  © Rod Crawford
invasive Rubus armeniacus at Porter Creek Meadow, up creek from Porter, Grays Harbor County, Washington roadside verge habitat, Porter Creek Meadow, up creek from Porter, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Some of it swallowed by blackberry & alder     © Rod Crawford Roadside verge supplemented small meadow               © Rod Crawford
snakefly, Raphidia sp., Porter Creek Meadow, up creek from Porter, Grays Harbor County, Washington orbweaving spider Tetragnatha laboriosa, Porter Creek Meadow, up creek from Porter, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Snakefly, Raphidia sp.         © Laurel Ramseyer Tetragnatha laboriosa blending in                   © Laurel Ramseyer
roadside foxglove in bloom, Porter Creek Meadow, up creek from Porter, Grays Harbor County, Washington edge of riparian forest, Porter Creek Meadow, up creek from Porter, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Roadside foxglove in bloom              © Laurel Ramseyer Edge of riparian forest                    © Rod Crawford
sword fern Pterostichum munitum in forest understory, Porter Creek Meadow, up creek from Porter, Grays Harbor County, Washington forest understory foliage, Porter Creek Meadow, up creek from Porter, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Sword fern in understory         © Rod Crawford Understory had a rich spider fauna                © Rod Crawford
Eris sp. juvenile from roadside verge, Porter Creek Meadow, up creek from Porter, Grays Harbor County, Washington Rod Crawford sifting maple litter at Porter Creek Meadow, up creek from Porter, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Juvenile Eris jumping spider                © Rod Crawford Rod sifts maple litter                    © Laurel Ramseyer
roadside foliage by clearcut east of Porter Creek Meadow, up creek from Porter, Grays Harbor County, Washington Ozyptila pacifica crab spider from understory, Porter Creek Meadow, up creek from Porter, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Lush green bank at edge of clearcut   © Rod Crawford Rod found Laurel's favorite crab spider Ozyptila           © Rod Crawford
western hemlock foliage Tsuga heterophylla, clearcut east of Porter Creek Meadow, up creek from Porter, Grays Harbor County, Washington clearcut east of Porter Creek Meadow, up creek from Porter, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Western hemlock foliage at clearcut edge     © Rod Crawford Recent clearcut where we completed sampling               © Rod Crawford
clearcut east of Porter Creek Meadow, up creek from Porter, Grays Harbor County, Washington salal Gaultheria shallon in bloom adjacent to clearcut east of Porter Creek Meadow, up creek from Porter, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Another view of the clearcut         © Rod Crawford Salal in bloom!                     © Rod Crawford
pine cones at Simpson Door Company entry, McCleary, Washington Laurel Ramseyer tapping pine cones, Simpson Door Company entry, McCleary, Washington
Pine cones in front of Simpson Door Co.      © Rod Crawford Laurel tapping Simpson Door pine cones              © Rod Crawford

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