Album of Bald Hill Field Trip

Selected photos from a spider collecting field trip to Bald Hill, southwest of Monroe, Washington (peripheral to Lord Hill Regional Park) on 13 October 2007. At one time this must have been a great habitat, before it was over-run by invasive blackberry and the owners started quarrying away the natural balds of Bald Hill. Despite these disadvantages, prime spider season ensured a good catch of 40 species, but lacking any rarities. My camera's batteries died before I got any shots of the balds or the quarry; I'd hoped to get more shots of transcolored maples too. Photos by Rod Crawford.
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Bald Hill SW of Monroe, Snohomish County, Washington, 1990 aerial photo old road and bigleaf maple Acer macrophyllum, Bald Hill SW of Monroe, Snohomish County, Washington
Old road and bald from the air in 1990; a large
rock quarry is now just right of center (USGS)		 Old road to bald showing maple tree with rich litter    © Rod Crawford
Coreorgonal monoceros female spider Linyphiidae, Bald Hill SW of Monroe, Snohomish County, Washington forest understory fern Polystichum munitum and salmonberry Rubus spectabilis, Bald Hill SW of Monroe, Snohomish County, Washington
Coreorgonal monoceros female    © Rod Crawford A wee bit of natural understory      © Rod Crawford
red cedar Thuja plicata, Bald Hill SW of Monroe, Snohomish County, Washington Nesticus silvestrii female spider Nesticidae, Bald Hill SW of Monroe, Snohomish County, Washington
Red cedar tree          © Rod Crawford Nesticus silvestrii female             © Rod Crawford
Cybaeus eutypus male spider Cybaeidae, Bald Hill SW of Monroe, Snohomish County, Washington Bigleaf maple Acer macrophyllum, Bald Hill SW of Monroe, Snohomish County, Washington
Cybaeus eutypus male      © Rod Crawford Maple foliage against the sky           © Rod Crawford
invasive Himalayan blackberry Rubus discolor, Bald Hill SW of Monroe, Snohomish County, Washington invasive Himalayan blackberry Rubus discolor, Bald Hill SW of Monroe, Snohomish County, Washington
Nasty Himalayan blackberry!      © Rod Crawford It even forms dense thickets in deep shade      © Rod Crawford

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