Album of Decker Creek-Satsop Cemetery Field Trip

Selected photos by Laurel Ramseyer and Rod Crawford from our 20 October 2022 spider collecting trip to Decker Creek, Mason County, Washington and nearby Satsop Cemetery, Grays Harbor County. Despite the abnormally dry season, fall spider fauna was in full swing and thanks in part to outstanding sift samples, we crowned a day of disappointing weather with a far-from-disappointing 54 species. All the field photos are by Laurel because Rod forgot to bring his camera!
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Decker Creek fishing access, Mason County, Washington from the air, circa 2020 West Satsop Road bridge over Decker Creek fishing access, Mason County, Washington
Decker Creek site in red      (Mason County, ca. 2020) The road rolls over the Decker Creek bridge                 © Laurel Ramseyer
Rod Crawford gathering leaf litter, Decker Creek fishing access, Mason County, Washington Sifting leaf litter on the hood of Laurel's car, Decker Creek fishing access, Mason County, Washington
Here we go gathering leaves in October © Laurel Ramseyer Sifting on the car's hood, with one monster maple leaf set aside       © Laurel Ramseyer
Rod Crawford gathering leaf litter, Decker Creek fishing access, Mason County, Washington Walckenaeria oregona spider from leaf litter, Decker Creek fishing access, Mason County, Washington
Rod gathering more leaf litter       © Laurel Ramseyer Male Walckenaeria oregona                   © Rod Crawford
moss-coated tree, Decker Creek fishing access, Mason County, Washington creek at Decker Creek fishing access, Mason County, Washington
Moss-shrouded maple tree          © Laurel Ramseyer Decker Creek from the bridge, fairly transparent           © Laurel Ramseyer
jumping spider Neon reticulatus from leaf litter, Decker Creek fishing access, Mason County, Washington Neobisiid pseudoscorpion from moss, Decker Creek fishing access, Mason County, Washington
Neon reticulatus from litter            © Rod Crawford Neobisiid pseudoscorpion from moss                      © Laurel Ramseyer
male spider Ethobuella tuonops, Decker Creek fishing access, Mason County, Washington male spider Clubiona pacifica, Decker Creek fishing access, Mason County, Washington
Male Ethobuella tuonops from moss     © Laurel Ramseyer Male Clubiona pacifica likewise from moss               © Laurel Ramseyer
female Pelecopsis sculpta from moss, Decker Creek fishing access, Mason County, Washington Decker Creek fishing access, Mason County, Washington
Pelecopsis sculpta from moss         © Laurel Ramseyer The officlal fishing access, occupied when we arrived         © Laurel Ramseyer
under the bridge, Decker Creek fishing access, Mason County, Washington riparian grass, Decker Creek fishing access, Mason County, Washington
Under the bridge (note paper bags)    © Laurel Ramseyer Riparian grass, some dry enough to sweep                © Laurel Ramseyer
Rhomphaea fictilium spider, Decker Creek fishing access, Mason County, Washington Ellychnia beetle, Lampyridae, Decker Creek fishing access, Mason County, Washington
Rhomphaea descended from above         © Rod Crawford Ellychnia beetle (Lampyridae)              © Laurel Ramseyer
recent aerial photo of Satsop Cemetery, Grays Harbor County, Washington entrance sign, Satsop Cemetery, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Aerial view of cemetery and environs  (Grays Harbor County) Cemetery entrance toward end of our stay                © Laurel Ramseyer
Satsop Cemetery, Grays Harbor County, Washington harvestman Leptobunus parvulus, Satsop Cemetery, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Wet cemetery                © Laurel Ramseyer Harvestman Leptobunus parvulus on tombstone             © Laurel Ramseyer
male spider Coreorgonal monoceros from adjacent to Satsop Cemetery, Grays Harbor County, Washington north part of Satsop Cemetery, Grays Harbor County, Washington
I got male Coreorgonal monoceros in adjacent woods  © Rod Crawford White building, center, is where Laurel got Zygiella         © Laurel Ramseyer
crab spider Philodromus josemitensis from Satsop Cemetery, Grays Harbor County, Washington orbweaver Zygiella x-notata from Satsop Cemetery, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Philodromus josemitensis from adjacent woods       © Rod Crawford Zygiella x-notata with egg sac                  © Laurel Ramseyer
Funnel web of Tegenaria agrestis in grave urn, Satsop Cemetery, Grays Harbor County, Washington hobo spider Tegenaria agrestis, Satsop Cemetery, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Hobo spider web in grave urn      © Laurel Ramseyer Hobo spider extracted from her funnel web             © Laurel Ramseyer
back of Smitty's in-and-out, Elma, Washington flock of birds, Satsop Cemetery, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Smitty's In-And-Out dispenses fine burgers from this tiny building
© Laurel Ramseyer		 Homeward bound                        © Laurel Ramseyer

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