Album of Silver Creek Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 21 July 2022 spider collecting trip to Silver Creek, north of the old mining settlement of Galena, Snohomish County, Washington. We hiked halfway up the old road leading up the creek toward Mineral City, and set up for collecting where the road changed from a jeep trail to a foot trail (whose existence seems unknown to the Forest Service). Later, Laurel hiked somewhat higher by herself and found some additional habitats. We got 27 species and had a very pleasant day wrapped in forest solitude.
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2017 view of Silver Creek, Galena, Snohomish County, Washington where we parked on the road up Silver Creek, Galena, Snohomish County, Washington
Silver Creek with our sites in red (Snohomish County 2017) Where we got out and walked                  © Rod Crawford
unofficial trailhead, Silver Creek, Galena, Snohomish County, Washington grass by roadside, Silver Creek, Galena, Snohomish County, Washington
Unofficial trailhead with blank trail sign      © Rod Crawford Roadside grass produced no significant spiders                    © Rod Crawford
sword fern Pterostichum munitum, Silver Creek, Galena, Snohomish County, Washington joke loading sign in forest, Silver Creek, Galena, Snohomish County, Washington
Fern understory had good spiders as usual   © Rod Crawford Joker's idea of a forest loading zone               © Rod Crawford
western hemlock forest, Silver Creek, Galena, Snohomish County, Washington western hemlock foliage, Silver Creek, Galena, Snohomish County, Washington
Western hemlock forest           © Rod Crawford Western hemlock foliage                         © Rod Crawford
alder tree, Silver Creek, Galena, Snohomish County, Washington alder-conifer leaf litter, Silver Creek, Galena, Snohomish County, Washington
Alder trees              © Rod Crawford Alder-conifer leaf litter                 © Rod Crawford
moss on trees, Silver Creek, Galena, Snohomish County, Washington sifting setup, Silver Creek, Galena, Snohomish County, Washington
Moss available to sift              © Rod Crawford Setup for sifting litter                    © Rod Crawford
fireplace with spiders, Silver Creek, Galena, Snohomish County, Washington female microspider Bathyphantes keenii from fireplace, Silver Creek, Galena, Snohomish County, Washington
Fireplace — with spiders            © Laurel Ramseyer Female Bathyphantes keenii from under firewood          © Laurel Ramseyer
juvenile Cybaeus spiider from fire ring rocks, Silver Creek, Galena, Snohomish County, Washington juvenile Phanias jumping spider from Silver Creek, Galena, Snohomish County, Washington
Juvenile Cybaeus under a rock          © Laurel Ramseyer Juvenile male Phanias                  © Rod Crawford
water strider Gerridae from Silver Creek N of Galena, Snohomish County, Washington forest in floodplain of Silver Creek N of Galena, Snohomish County, Washington
Gerrid water strider — not a spider!     © Laurel Ramseyer Forest near the creek floodplain           © Rod Crawford
vaccinium blue huckleberries, Silver Creek N of Galena, Snohomish County, Washington rockslide near "trailhead", Silver Creek N of Galena, Snohomish County, Washington
Huckleberries in fruit, eaten after photo    © Rod Crawford First rockslide along hiking trail                     © Rod Crawford
rocks in rockslide along trail, Silver Creek N of Galena, Snohomish County, Washington Silver Creek N of Galena, Snohomish County, Washington
Not necessarily all that stable           © Laurel Ramseyer Silver Creek itself                   © Rod Crawford
conifer foliage in sun, Silver Creek N of Galena, Snohomish County, Washington spider Pityohyphantes rubrofasciatus from conifer foliage, Silver Creek N of Galena, Snohomish County, Washington
Conifer foliage in sun, very different spiders from shade conifers
© Laurel Ramseyer		 Pityohyphantes rubrofasciatus from sun conifers               © Rod Crawford
pair of dome spiders Neriene litigiosa among rocks, Silver Creek N of Galena, Snohomish County, Washington mine portal, Silver Creek N of Galena, Snohomish County, Washington
Pair of Neriene litigiosa among rocks     © Laurel Ramseyer Abandoned mine portal                          © Laurel Ramseyer
Tetragnatha versicolor with conspecific prey by side creek, Silver Creek N of Galena, Snohomish County, Washington female Dipoena nigra from conifer foliage, Silver Creek N of Galena, Snohomish County, Washington
Tetragnatha versicolor with conspecific prey by tributary creek
© Laurel Ramseyer		 Dipoena nigra from conifers-in-sun                   © Rod Crawford
side gulch, Silver Creek N of Galena, Snohomish County, Washington canyon section of Silver Creek N of Galena, Snohomish County, Washington
Side gulch with bedrock floor        © Laurel Ramseyer Creek briefly forms a rock canyon             © Laurel Ramseyer
Silvertip Peak from Silver Creek N of Galena, Snohomish County, Washington North Fork Skykomish River at Galena, Snohomish County, Washington
Silvertip Peak from Silver Creek       © Laurel Ramseyer North Fork Skykomish at Galena                   © Rod Crawford
tiger beetle Omus dejeani on road, Silver Creek N of Galena, Snohomish County, Washington sunset from Monroe, Washington on 21 July 2022
Omus dejeani, nocturnal tiger beetle, on road     © Rod Crawford Sunset from Monroe                          © Rod Crawford

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