Selected photos by Rod
Crawford from my 22 February 2015 spider collecting trip with Jessi Bishopp to Mason Lake County Park, Mason County, Washington. We began with decent samples from shore litter, shrubs, sedge and the restroom building in the small park (mainly the setting for a snazzy boat launch). Then we got excellent tree and shrub foliage samples from a nearby clearcut and outstandingly rich moss fauna from 2 bags of moss of a swamp alder. Our concluding grass sweep and upland alder litter brought us up to an astounding 51 species! All within a short walk of the parking lot.
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| The county park is in upper middle (Mason County, 2011) | Narrow end of the long lake, seen from the park © Rod Crawford |
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| Alder litter barely reachable through sticks © Rod Crawford | Shore habitats, alder thicket and sedge © Rod Crawford |
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| Lonely picnic table suitable for sifting © Rod Crawford | Dense shoreline alder © Rod Crawford |
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| What an impenetrable tangle! © Rod Crawford | Marshy strip along lake shore, narrow but fruitful © Rod Crawford |
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| Jessi beating understory shrubs © Rod Crawford | This section of understory Vaccinium-dominated © Rod Crawford |
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| Forest tract south of the park (Mason County, 2011) | In the seven-year-old clearcut © Rod Crawford |
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| Philodromus spectabilis © Rod Crawford | Araniella displicata © Rod Crawford |
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| Spider-rich Douglas-fir foliage © Rod Crawford | Grassland-like habitat in the clearcut © Rod Crawford |
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| While beating Scots broom… © Rod Crawford | …Jessi caught a Tmarus today! © Rod Crawford |
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| Productive moss on swamp alder © Rod Crawford | Small alder swamp beside the road © Rod Crawford |
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| Done sifting, Jessi shakes out the cloth © Rod Crawford | I'd hoped to sweep this, but had no hip boots! © Rod Crawford |
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| Woefully little snow on Mount Ellinor © Rod Crawford | Blood-red sunset viewed from Hood Canal © Rod Crawford |
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