Album of Lena Creek Trail Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford from the 12 June 2026 spider collecting trip (with Kathy Whaley and student Sage Osterman) to the Lena Creek Trail (which goes to Lena Lake, though we didn't), Mason & Jefferson Counties, Washington. The trailhead is on the Hamma Hamma River road in the southeastern Olympic Mountains. We had to climb switchbacks for close to 1000' in elevation to get into the area I wanted to collect, and the sample was small (21 species), but it included a new state record of what appears to be Amaurobius borealis. Very interesting forest tracts to hike through, too.
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2o23 aerial photo of Lena Creek Trail and lake, Olympic Mountains, Washington Lena Creek/Lake Trailhead, Mason County, Washington
Lena Creek Trail from the air with our site    (Mason County, 2023) One of the new high-tech trailheads                   © Rod Crawford
forest along Lena Creek Trail, Olympic Mountains, Washington Sage Osterman & Kathy Whaley on Lena Creek Trail, Olympic Mountains, Washington
Forest along the trail               © Rod Crawford Sage and Kathy on the trail                          © Rod Crawford
male jumping spider Neon reticulatus, Lena Creek Trail, Olympic Mountains, Washington big rocks in our field site, Lena Creek Trail, Olympic Mountains, Washington
Male Neon reticulatus from moss        © Rod Crawford Our site among the big, big rocks                      © Rod Crawford
dead wood habitat, Lena Creek Trail, Olympic Mountains, Washington western nemlock foliage, Lena Creek Trail, Olympic Mountains, Washington
Dead wood habitat, Sage's favorite         © Rod Crawford Western hemlock foliage, the "low-hanging fruit"                 © Rod Crawford
female spider Thymoites camano from moss, Lena Creek Trail, Olympic Mountains, Washington moss-covered part of giant rock, Lena Creek Trail, Olympic Mountains, Washington
Thymoites camano from moss            © Rod Crawford Parts of the giant rocks were moss-covered               © Rod Crawford
fallen bark, Lena Creek Trail, Olympic Mountains, Washington spider Ethobuella tuonops from moss, Lena Creek Trail, Olympic Mountains, Washington
Fallen bark on ground                    © Rod Crawford Ethobuella tuonops sifted from moss                     © Rod Crawford
Dirksia cinctipes spider beaten from ferns, Lena Creek Trail, Olympic Mountains, Washington fern understory, Lena Creek Trail, Olympic Mountains, Washington
Dirksia cinctipes beaten from ferns         © Rod Crawford Sword fern understory                    © Rod Crawford
vinemaple tree, Lena Creek Trail, Olympic Mountains, Washington sifter with vinemaple litter, Lena Creek Trail, Olympic Mountains, Washington
The lucky vinemaple tree           © Rod Crawford Sifting the vinemaple litter                             © Rod Crawford
female Amaurobius borealis from Lena Creek Trail, Olympic Mountains, Washington big rock, big tree and sifting cloth, Lena Creek Trail, Olympic Mountains, Washington
The prize female Amaurobius borealis      © Rod Crawford Big rock & big tree across trail from my sifting cloth              © Rod Crawford
topographic map of Lena Creek Trail, Olympic Mountains, Washington cars at trailhead, Lena Creek Trail, Olympic Mountains, Washington
Topographic map of the trail                   (USGS) Hikers getting ready to go home                         © Rod Crawford

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