Selected photos by Rod
Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 5 June 2018 spider collecting trip (with Jerry Austin) to Evergreen Reservoir, Grant County, Washington (in shrub-steppe habitat for a change). It was a second-choice destination when our plans for a steppe-land hike ran afoul of an unnecessary extra 3 miles of trail! But the riparian habitats were rich in spiders including very diverse dictynids and some extremely nice jumping spiders. Also, unfortunately, rich in poison ivy (which didn't get us) and ticks (which did!).
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| Our collecting sites in red (Grant County, 2015) | Blue water in the steppe, seen from the parking lot © Rod Crawford |
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| Laurel and Jerry get ready to hike - they think! © Rod Crawford | Our intended route to Doris; fake keep-out sign just around corner © Rod Crawford |
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| The "official" route to Doris… © Rod Crawford | …involves a long, long hot shadeless roadl © Rod Crawford |
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| Viceroy welcomes us to Evergreen Reservoir © Laurel Ramseyer | We had to walk in to the reservoir also, but only 1/4 mile © Rod Crawford |
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| Battle of the Cameras: Rod gets Laurel © Rod Crawford | Battle of the Cameras: Laurel gets Rod & Jerry © Laurel Ramseyer |
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| Sagebrush, a major spider habitat © Rod Crawford | Cottonwood in riparian zone © Rod Crawford |
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| Sisymbrium with dictynid webs © Rod Crawford | Yarrow hosted an unusual Xysticus spider © Rod Crawford |
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| One of 6 different Dictyna species! © Laurel Ramseyer | Dictynid webs were abundant in field plants © Rod Crawford |
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| Leaf litter mixed with thorns, ouch! © Rod Crawford | 3 kinds of tree foliage, rich beating for Laurel © Rod Crawford |
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| Leaf retreat of… © Laurel Ramseyer | …buff-colored "yellow" sac spider Cheiracanthium mildei © Laurel Ramseyer |
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| Coenonympha tullia © Laurel Ramseyer | Super-lush meadow along connecting canal © Rod Crawford |
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| Undetermined Theridion species © Rod Crawford | Colorful jumping spider Sassacus vitis © Laurel Ramseyer |
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| Pre-molt male Theridion differens © Laurel Ramseyer | Jerry found Salticus peckhamae under a rock © Rod Crawford |
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| Crab spider Philodromus cespitum with mite © Laurel Ramseyer | Possibly new Pelegrina jumping spider © Laurel Ramseyer |
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| Sagebrush crab spider Philodromus insperatus © Laurel Ramseyer | Riparian jumping spider Phanias watonus, male © Laurel Ramseyer |
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| Mysterious basalt-capped island © Laurel Ramseyer | Boatload of explorers © Rod Crawford |
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| Crab spider M. lepidus from yellow flower © Laurel Ramseyer | Poison ivy, do not touch! © Rod Crawford |
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| Jerry just emerged from sagebrush © Laurel Ramseyer | Jerry almost lost from sight in sea of sagebrush © Laurel Ramseyer |
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| Outhouse produced a couple of spiders © Rod Crawford | Sweepable riparian grass © Rod Crawford |
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| Wind power is big in this part of the state © Rod Crawford | About to cross the Vantage Bridge © Rod Crawford |
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| Sunset near Issaquah… © Rod Crawford | …getting redder all the time © Rod Crawford |
This page last updated 29 June, 2018