Album of Talapus Lake Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 8 July 2021 spider collecting trip to Talapus Lake, King County, Washington. A rather easy hike on a very popular trail, it led us to a pretty mountain lake where we didn't manage to find the highly productive spider habitats that no doubt were around. The spiders we got weren't too late-season, but sparse enough to give us only 20 species. Fortunately, we had some prior records that brought the grid-sample to 26.
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2019 aerial photo of Talapus Lake, King County, Washington sign at trailhead for Talapus Lake, King County, Washington
Talapus Lake and vicinity       (King County, 2019) Trailhead sign                © Rod Crawford
Start of trail to Talapus Lake, King County, Washington other hikers on trail to Talapus Lake, King County, Washington
The trail starts gently             © Rod Crawford So much traffic on the trail!             © Rod Crawford
"toothpick forest" stand along trail, Talapus Lake, King County, Washington white pine cones along trail, Talapus Lake, King County, Washington
Not exactly old growth            © Laurel Ramseyer Laurel found spider-bearing White Pine cones            © Laurel Ramseyer
trunk of white pine tree Pinus monticola along trail to Talapus Lake, King County, Washington trail bridge across Talapus Creek near Talapus Lake, King County, Washington
All the cones dropped by this one tree   © Laurel Ramseyer Landmark trail bridge across Talapus Creek                 © Rod Crawford
typical slope forest near Talapus Lake, King County, Washington Talapus Creek at bridge near Talapus Lake, King County, Washington
Typical slope forest               © Laurel Ramseyer Talapus Creek                     © Rod Crawford
north part of Talapus Lake, King County, Washington view from S end of Talapus Lake, King County, Washington
North end of lake               © Rod Crawford View of lake from south end                    © Laurel Ramseyer
Cornus canadensis in bloom, Talapus Lake, King County, Washington talus boulders, Talapus Lake, King County, Washington
Lovely Cornus canadensis                 © Rod Crawford Talus boulders made a clearing                         © Rod Crawford
young conifers in clearing, Talapus Lake, King County, Washington shrubs & herbs in clearing, Talapus Lake, King County, Washington
Clearing had young conifers to beat           © Rod Crawford Clearing had shrubs and herbs to sweep           © Rod Crawford
begging chipmunk, Talapus Lake, King County, Washington Zygiella spider retreat in lichen on tree branch, Talapus Lake, King County, Washington
Give me your food! Resistance is futile!  © Laurel Ramseyer Zygiella retreat in tree branch lichen             © Laurel Ramseyer
juvenile Callobius spider from dead wood, Talapus Lake, King County, Washington dead wood sampled for spiders by Laurel, Talapus Lake, King County, Washington
Juvenile Callobius                 © Laurel Ramseyer Some of the dead wood Laurel tapped for spiders           © Laurel Ramseyer
forest orchid, Talapus Lake, King County, Washington brown lacewing, Hemerobius sp., Talapus Lake, King County, Washington
Forest orchid                 © Laurel Ramseyer Brown lacewing, Hemerobius sp.                  © Laurel Ramseyer
salal Gaultheria shallon, Talapus Lake, King County, Washington denser vegetation by stream, Talapus Lake, King County, Washington
Salal was rather sparse             © Laurel Ramseyer Denser vegetation along stream                        © Laurel Ramseyer
map sign by bridge, Talapus Lake, King County, Washington dead wood sampled by Rod, Talapus Lake, King County, Washington
Sign with detail map of lake area           © Rod Crawford Dead wood Rod tapped for spiders                    © Rod Crawford
Rod Crawford on the way down from Talapus Lake, King County, Washington skunk cabbage leaves, Lysichiton, Talapus Lake, King County, Washington
On the way back down the trail         © Laurel Ramseyer Skunk cabbage grew in moister soil patches           © Laurel Ramseyer

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