Selected photos by Rod Crawford from a 1 May 2013 spider collecting trip with volunteer Lauren Taylor to the Kanaskat Natural Area, along the Green River in south-central King County, Washington. We had only a short day, so selected a nearby site where I'd hoped to collect earlier in the spring. We didn't get as many species as I thought we were finding at the time, but the total of 26 was at least adequate, and it was a pleasant place to spend the day.

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Aerial view shows site on north side of river    (King County, 2008)	Lovely sylvan road we parked on        © Rod Crawford
Open grass habitat           © Rod Crawford	Meadow, field, or lawn?          © Rod Crawford
The Washington Conservation Corps…     © Rod Crawford	…was planting all the grassy areas with willow saplings         © Rod Crawford
Lauren collected Philodromus spectabilis    © Rod Crawford	Upslope edge of meadow-like area               © Rod Crawford
Big maples studded the grass        © Rod Crawford	Sample of riparian understory habitat             © Rod Crawford
I sifted at base of this giant maple trunk    © Rod Crawford	Neon reticulatus sifted from leaf litter           © Rod Crawford
Stones along the river          © Rod Crawford	Submerged bank: Green River was really full        © Rod Crawford
Riparian zone along river         © Rod Crawford	Roadside rock face habitat         © Rod Crawford
Green river rushing along         © Rod Crawford	Green River taking it easy               © Rod Crawford

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