Album of Puyallup Riverwalk Trail Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Lynette Schimming from our 2 June 2013 spider collecting trip to the Puyallup Riverwalk Trail, south of Sumner, Pierce County, Washington. Lynette offered me a ride from the Sumner bus station and tagged along to photograph for bugguide.net the spiders I found; it worked out well. After exhausting the good habitats along the south bank of the Puyallup River, we stopped off at nearby Wildwood Park for conifer and maple habitats, ending the day with 39 species (making 45 with my previous 6 from the area).
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aerial photo, Puyallup Riverwalk Trail, Pierce County, Washington east trailhead, Puyallup Riverwalk Trail, Pierce County, Washington
Our section of the Puyallup Riverwalk Trail    (Pierce County, 2009) Blackberry Monster ready to swallow trailhead        © Rod Crawford
grass in large field, Puyallup Riverwalk Trail, Pierce County, Washington Lynette Schimming at entrance to large grassy field, Puyallup Riverwalk Trail, Pierce County, Washington
Section of field with lots of spittle-bugs  © Rod Crawford Lynette at entrance to giant grass field on public land        © Rod Crawford
grass in large grassy field, Puyallup Riverwalk Trail, Pierce County, Washington linyphiid sheetweb spider Microlinyphia mandibulata from Puyallup Riverwalk Trail, Pierce County, Washington
Clean section of the grass field       © Rod Crawford Microlinyphia mandibulata made webs in the grass        © Lynette Schimming
male jumping spider Metaphidippus mannii from Puyallup Riverwalk Trail, Pierce County, Washington Lynette Schimming in large grassy field, Puyallup Riverwalk Trail, Pierce County, Washington
Metaphidippus mannii eating green    © Lynette Schimming Lynette crossing the big field               © Rod Crawford
Entelecara acuminata microspider from grass field, Puyallup Riverwalk Trail, Pierce County, Washington Lynette Schimming seeks specimens under logs, Puyallup Riverwalk Trail, Pierce County, Washington
Entelecara acuminata         © Lynette Schimming Lynette looks for good stuff under logs             © Rod Crawford
field aisle into blackberry thicket, Puyallup Riverwalk Trail, Pierce County, Washington theridiid spider Enoplognatha thoracica from under stone, Puyallup Riverwalk Trail, Pierce County, Washington
Narrow grass aisle in the blackberry     © Rod Crawford Nice healthy Enoplognatha thoracica from under a rock   © Lynette Schimming
harvestman Sclerobunus nondimorphcus from under log, Puyallup Riverwalk Trail, Pierce County, Washington pond in large grass field, Puyallup Riverwalk Trail, Pierce County, Washington
Sclerobunus nondimorphicus       © Lynette Schimming Small pond in the big field            © Rod Crawford
male crab spider Xysticus cristatus from grass field, Puyallup Riverwalk Trail, Pierce County, Washington riparian cottonwoods, Puyallup Riverwalk Trail, Pierce County, Washington
Male Xysticus cristatus         © Lynette Schimming Zone of riparian cottonwood along the river         © Rod Crawford
Lynette Schimming stalks with camera, gravel bar, Puyallup Riverwalk Trail, Pierce County, Washington wolf spider Pardosa xerampelina from gravel bar, Puyallup Riverwalk Trail, Pierce County, Washington
Lynette stalking on the gravel bar         © Rod Crawford Pardosa xerampelina              © Lynette Schimming
sand and gravel bar on Puyallup River, Puyallup Riverwalk Trail, Pierce County, Washington Lynette Schimming at picnic table along Puyallup Riverwalk Trail, Pierce County, Washington
River-bank sand and gravel         © Rod Crawford Picnic tables are so handy for spider collectors!               © Rod Crawford
Rod Crawford taking habitat photo, Puyallup Riverwalk Trail, Pierce County, Washington Microneta viaria Linyphiidae from cottonwood litter, Puyallup Riverwalk Trail, Pierce County, Washington
Rod taking a habitat shot        © Lynette Schimming Microneta viaria from cottonwood litter         © Lynette Schimming
harvestman Hesperonemastoma modestum from cottonwood litter, Puyallup Riverwalk Trail, Pierce County, Washington dense shrub riparian understory, Puyallup Riverwalk Trail, Pierce County, Washington
Hesperonemastoma were abundant  © Lynette Schimming Dense shrub understory, excellent habitat                © Rod Crawford
path through riparian woods, Puyallup Riverwalk Trail, Pierce County, Washington microspider Linyphiidae from understory shrubs, Puyallup Riverwalk Trail, Pierce County, Washington
Path through the shrubs to the river      © Rod Crawford Poeciloneta lyrica, never photographed before              © Lynette Schimming

Our second site was Wildwood Park, 2 miles SSW of the trail site.

playfields at Wildwood Park, Pierce County, Washington edge of forest, Wildwood Park, Pierce County, Washington
Playfields           © Rod Crawford Edge of the park forest: conifer foliage habitat             © Rod Crawford
bigleaf maple leaves in sun, Wildwood Park, Pierce County, Washington mite harvestman Siro acaroides from maple litter, Wildwood Park, Pierce County, Washington
Maple trees make the best litter       © Rod Crawford Lynette spotted this uncommon mite harvestman – good eyes!     © Lynette Schimming
Mount Rainier over a roof in Sumner, Washington on 2 June 2013 sunset through a bus window entering Seattle, Washington on 2 June 2013
Mt. Rainier glimpsed over a Sumner roof     © Rod Crawford Entering Seattle, I shot sunset through bus windshield       © Rod Crawford
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