Album of Upper Wynoochee Valley Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Chris Snyder from our 1 September 2024 spider collecting trip to the upper Wynoochee Valley, Grays Harbor County, Washington. Chris (a new Burke Museum employee) wanted to make some photo and video materials on spider collecting for the museum's social media, and I put together a trip plan that I thought would suit him. It was more successful than I would have expected with only one collector (at least 40 species!) and Chris got plenty of images (unfortunately, mostly featuring me). I trust we also managed to open his eyes to the amazing faunal content of the habitats he's been casually strolling by all his life!
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aerial photo of spider field sites in upper Wynoochee valley, 1 September 2024 dirt road at first field site, Upper Wynoochee Valley, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Red X, might-have-been site; red dots, where we actually went
(Grays Harbor County, 2022)		 Unmarked dirt road through second-growth habitats            © Rod Crawford
green weevil from first field site, Upper Wynoochee Valley, Grays Harbor County, Washington salal foliage, first field site, Upper Wynoochee Valley, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Green weevil from green foliage            © Chris Snyder Salal foliage ready for the beating net                     © Rod Crawford
male jumping spider Evarcha proszynskii from hemlock foliage, first field site, Upper Wynoochee Valley, Grays Harbor County, Washington spider Theridion californicum from salal foliage, first field site, Upper Wynoochee Valley, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Mature male Evarcha proszynskii        © Rod Crawford Theridion californicum from salal foliage                   © Rod Crawford
Rod Crawford sweeping grassy glade, first field site, Upper Wynoochee Valley, Grays Harbor County, Washington alder stand, first field site, Upper Wynoochee Valley, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Rod sweeping in the glade            © Chris Snyder Alder grove offered moss, litter and ferns           © Rod Crawford
spider Calymmaria nana from moss, first field site, Upper Wynoochee Valley, Grays Harbor County, Washington crab spider Xysticus pretiosus from moss, first field site, Upper Wynoochee Valley, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Male Calymmaria nana from moss        © Rod Crawford Male Xysticus pretiosus from moss                     © Rod Crawford
western hemlock foliage, first field site, Upper Wynoochee Valley, Grays Harbor County, Washington western hemlock foliage, first field site, Upper Wynoochee Valley, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Western hemlock foliage                © Rod Crawford Western hemlock branches                 © Rod Crawford
sword fern in sun, first field site, Upper Wynoochee Valley, Grays Harbor County, Washington sword fern in shade, first field site, Upper Wynoochee Valley, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Sword fern understory in sun            © Rod Crawford Sword fern understory in shade                      © Rod Crawford
Douglas-fir foliage at second field site, Upper Wynoochee Valley, Grays Harbor County, Washington planted Douglas-firs, second field site, Upper Wynoochee Valley, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Douglas-fir foliage rife with spiders         © Rod Crawford Planted at our second site about 8 years ago                 © Rod Crawford
Rod Crawford beating Douglas-fir, second field site, Upper Wynoochee Valley, Grays Harbor County, Washington penultimate male linyphiid spider from Douglas-fir, second field site, Upper Wynoochee Valley, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Rod beating the Douglas-fir             © Chris Snyder Penultimate male of unidentifiable linyphiid                   © Chris Snyder
Rod Crawford sorting a tree beat sample, second field site, Upper Wynoochee Valley, Grays Harbor County, Washington jumping spider Phanias albeolus from Douglas-fir, second field site, Upper Wynoochee Valley, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Rod sorting spiders from the tree beat       © Chris Snyder Male jumping spider Phanias albeolus                  © Chris Snyder
tall grass on roadside, second field site, Upper Wynoochee Valley, Grays Harbor County, Washington tall grassy field with blackberry, second field site, Upper Wynoochee Valley, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Tall grass, prime for sweeping          © Rod Crawford Grassy field, but with cutleaf blackberry lurking             © Rod Crawford
Scots broom bosh, second field site, Upper Wynoochee Valley, Grays Harbor County, Washington male orbweaver Neoscona arabesca, second field site, Upper Wynoochee Valley, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Scots broom had the usual Theridion simile  © Rod Crawford I swept this great male Neoscona arabesca                    © Rod Crawford
2022 aerial view of Wynoochee River Public Access, Grays Harbor County, Washington Wynoochee River Public Access, Grays Harbor County, Washington
We took a chance on an unmarked road   (Grays Harbor County, 2022) It led to a lush, beautiful public river access site             © Rod Crawford
Harpaphe millipede from maple litter, Wynoochee River Public Access, Grays Harbor County, Washington floodplain maple forest, Wynoochee River Public Access, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Harpaphe millipede from maple litter    © Rod Crawford Gorgeous floodplain maple forest                    © Rod Crawford
bigleaf maple tree, Wynoochee River Public Access, Grays Harbor County, Washington boat launch ramp, Wynoochee River Public Access, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Such a nice bigleaf maple tree          © Rod Crawford Boat launch ramp                     © Rod Crawford
outhouse, Wynoochee River Public Access, Grays Harbor County, Washington maple leaf litter, Wynoochee River Public Access, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Outhouse, always an important habitat   © Rod Crawford Maple litter in wooden crib (with manroot vine)         © Rod Crawford
Araneus marmoreus preserved in vial from Wynoochee River Public Access, Grays Harbor County, Washington Bathyphantes orica spider from maple litter, Wynoochee River Public Access, Grays Harbor County, Washington
A welcome sight: Araneus marmoreus from outhouse  © Chris Snyder Bathyphantes orica from maple litter              © Rod Crawford
carapace of crab spider Ozyptila pacifica, Wynoochee River Public Access, Grays Harbor County, Washington Across river from Wynoochee River Public Access, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Ozyptila pacifica carapace (foreshortened)   © Rod Crawford Riverbank grass out of my reach on the far shore           © Rod Crawford
crab spider Philodromus rufus carapace from second field site, Upper Wynoochee Valley, Grays Harbor County, Washington Chris Snyder looking up river, Wynoochee River Public Access, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Carapace of Philodromus rufus         © Rod Crawford Chris looking up the river                    © Rod Crawford

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