Album of Rapid River Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 16 July 2021 spider collecting trip to the Rapid River, a tributary of Beckler River in far-eastern Snohomish County, Washington. Although the only highly productive habitat was structures of a bridge over the North Fork of the river, we managed to get an adequate sample of 27 species, and enjoyed a day largely isolated from last week's hurly-burly of hikers.
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2017 aerial photo of upper Rapid River valley, Snohomish County, Washington our car parked in gravel/sand pit, upper Rapid River, Snohomish County, Washington
Extent of our wandering from central pit in red (Snohomish Co. 2017) Our chariot parked in quasi-gravel pit              © Rod Crawford
grassy roadside verge, upper Rapid River, Snohomish County, Washington grassy slope of gravel pit, upper Rapid River, Snohomish County, Washington
Grassy roadside verge             © Rod Crawford Grassy slope of gravel pit ready to sweep               © Rod Crawford
Douglas-fir foliage, upper Rapid River, Snohomish County, Washington rocks on roadside slope, upper Rapid River, Snohomish County, Washington
Douglas-fir foliage                © Rod Crawford Unproductive rocks on roadside slope              © Rod Crawford
western hemlock Tsuga heterophylla foliage, upper Rapid River, Snohomish County, Washington rocks beside North Fork Rapid River, upper Rapid River, Snohomish County, Washington
Western hemlock foliage         © Rod Crawford Rocks beside the North Fork had a few spiders              © Laurel Ramseyer
barrier marks end of decommissioned road, upper Rapid River, Snohomish County, Washington decommissioned road becomes trail, upper Rapid River, Snohomish County, Washington
Boulder barrier, end of decommissioned road        © Rod Crawford Beyond the barrier, road narrows to a trail              © Rod Crawford
North Fork in a semi-waterfall, upper Rapid River, Snohomish County, Washington Bridge over the North Fork, upper Rapid River, Snohomish County, Washington
North Fork descends in quasi-waterfall     © Rod Crawford Curved bridge over the North Fork; Laurel lunching          © Rod Crawford
Laurel Ramseyer collecting spiders from North Fork bridge, upper Rapid River, Snohomish County, Washington North Fork bridge from below, upper Rapid River, Snohomish County, Washington
Laurel collecting from railings          © Rod Crawford North Fork bridge from below                        © Laurel Ramseyer
crab spider Philodromus spectabilis with egg sac on North Fork bridge, upper Rapid River, Snohomish County, Washington web of funnel weaver Novalena intermedia on North Fork bridge, upper Rapid River, Snohomish County, Washington
Philodromus spectabilis with egg sac    © Laurel Ramseyer Novalena intermedia web on bridge                  © Laurel Ramseyer
orbweaver Zygiella dispar on North Fork bridge, upper Rapid River, Snohomish County, Washington ferny slope above North Fork, upper Rapid River, Snohomish County, Washington
Zygiella dispar on bridge          © Laurel Ramseyer Ferny slope down to the North Fork                 © Rod Crawford
Clubiona spider's leaf retreat beside North Fork, upper Rapid River, Snohomish County, Washington hanging ferns on retaining wall, upper Rapid River, Snohomish County, Washington
Clubiona's leaf retreat beside the North Fork      © Laurel Ramseyer Spider-rich hanging ferns                   © Rod Crawford
mossy alder trunk, upper Rapid River, Snohomish County, Washington lower Rapid River, Snohomish County, Washington
Mossy alder trunk              © Rod Crawford The Rapid River in person (from a bridge down the road)      © Rod Crawford
alder leaf litter being sifted, upper Rapid River, Snohomish County, Washington pool in North Fork, upper Rapid River, Snohomish County, Washington
Alder litter being sifted              © Rod Crawford Pool in the North Fork                    © Laurel Ramseyer
creeklet along trail, upper Rapid River, Snohomish County, Washington Zeke's Drive-In, east of Gold Bar, Washington
Creeklet, source of some of the litter     © Laurel Ramseyer Zeke's, source of satisfying burgers and shakes         © Rod Crawford

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