Selected photos from the spider collecting field trip to the lower White River, near Buckley, Pierce County, Washington on 3 June 2006. Photos by Rod Crawford, who little suspected he was being blitzed by pneumonia at the time! Nevertheless, the trip produced 40 spider species (31 specifically identifiable) for the day's biodiversity total. See here for more about the White River BioBlitz.

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We collected in and around this broom-studded little meadow (2002 aerial photo, USGS)	The introduced European cobweb weaver Enoplognatha ovata was found in 4 of 8 microhabitats at the main site    © J.R.Thomson
Kate seeks Pardosa among the broom  © R.Crawford	Edge of the little meadow         © Rod Crawford
Tall-grass wolf spider habitat   © Rod Crawford	Grassy part of the meadow          © Rod Crawford
Cottonwood litter in forest   © Rod Crawford	Conifer foliage habitat at meadow edge      © Rod Crawford
Himalayan blackberry even in shade  © R.Crawford	A patch of natural understory vegetation      © Rod Crawford
Old river cobbles in the forest   © Rod Crawford	Near the powerline, the understory became grassy    © Rod Crawford
Gravel habitat along the riverbank   © Rod Crawford	Looking up the White River (divided by island)      © Rod Crawford
Wolf spider, Tarentula kochii   © J.R.Thomson	Salticus scenicus was found on riverbank gravel       © J.R.Thomson
White tent in foreground was BioBlitz headquarters; Marion Grange behind   © Rod Crawford	Kate rapidly disappears up the hill ahead of me; it's hard to keep up when you've unsuspectingly got pneumonia!       © Rod Crawford

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