Album of Upper Wishkah River Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford from the 9 July 2026 spider collecting trip (with Kathy Whaley and Jerry Austin) to the upper Wishkah River, Grays Harbor County, Washington. We collected in riparian forest, a grassy roadside, around a presumably natural pond, and in a 2016 clearcut, for 39-40 species.
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2023 aerial photo of Upper Wishkah river spider sites, Grays Harbor County, Washington Lush roadside forest at our parking site, Upper Wishkah river spider sites, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Left to right: clearcut, bridge/tributary, junction, pond   (NAIP, 2023) Lush roadside forest at our parking place               © Rod Crawford
fern understory, Upper Wishkah river spider sites, Grays Harbor County, Washington Green Diamond gate on overgrown road to pond, Upper Wishkah river spider sites, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Sword fern understory on road bank        © Rod Crawford Green Diamond gate on overgrown road to pond                  © Rod Crawford
overgrown road/trail to pond, Upper Wishkah river spider sites, Grays Harbor County, Washington large bigleaf maple, Upper Wishkah river spider sites, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Overgrown road to pond                © Rod Crawford Large bigleaf maple tree with moss and litter                  © Rod Crawford
mossy tree trunks, Upper Wishkah river spider sites, Grays Harbor County, Washington Jerry Austin sifting moss, Upper Wishkah river spider sites, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Mossy tree trunks               © Rod Crawford Jerry sifting moss                   © Rod Crawford
grassy roadside habitat, © Rod Crawford grassy roadside verge, © Rod Crawford
Sweepable roadside grass            © Rod Crawford Extensive grassy verge for Kathy to sweep                    © Rod Crawford
bridge over tributary of river, Upper Wishkah River spider sites, Grays Harbor County, Washington in riparian forest, Upper Wishkah River spider sites, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Bridge over unnamed tributary of Wishkah  © Rod Crawford Within the riparian forest                      © Rod Crawford
unnamed tributary with gravel, Upper Wishkah River spider sites, Grays Harbor County, Washington Walckenaeria oregona spider from overgrown road, Upper Wishkah River spider sites, Grays Harbor County, Washington
The unnamed stream and its gravel          © Rod Crawford Walckenaeria oregona from overgrown road                   © Rod Crawford
Dictyna sp. #1 from clearcut, Upper Wishkah River spider sites, Grays Harbor County, Washington shrub-blackberry jungle blocking way, Upper Wishkah River spider sites, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Dictyna sp. #1 from conifer foliage       © Rod Crawford Trees unreachable behind a dreadful jungle                       © Rod Crawford
horrible cutleaf blackberry, Upper Wishkah River spider sites, Grays Harbor County, Washington Douglas-fir foliage, Upper Wishkah River spider sites, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Cutleaf blackberry made the jungle horrid      © Rod Crawford Lots of Douglas-fir foliage, hooray!                     © Rod Crawford
impenetrable thicket in clearcut, Upper Wishkah River spider sites, Grays Harbor County, Washington accessible trees in clearcut, Upper Wishkah River spider sites, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Bottom of clearcut impenetrable…             © Rod Crawford …but higher up, the trees were wholly accessible         © Rod Crawford
Theridion californicum spider from ferns, Upper Wishkah River spider sites, Grays Harbor County, Washington mossy bigleaf maple, Upper Wishkah River spider sites, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Theridion californicum from ferns           © Rod Crawford Another mossy maple trunk                            © Rod Crawford

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