Album of South-side Lake Sutherland Field Trip

Selected photos by Laurel Ramseyer and Rod Crawford from our 28 June 2024 spider collecting trip with Kathy Whaley to a forest site on the slope overlooking the south shore of Lake Sutherland, Clallam County, Washington. The site appeared very lush and habitat-rich, but we managed to get just under 30 spider species, still an adequate sample, and a pleasant place to spend the day, ending at Mt. Angeles Cemetery to advance another project.
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Lake Sutherland, Washington, and our forest to the south View from Kingston Ferry on 28 June 2024
Lake Sutherland; forest to south; our site in red        (NAIP 2021) Promise of propitious weather — not another "scorcher"      © Rod Crawford
Gate on forest service road south of Lake Sutherland, Clallam County, Washington forest service road south of Lake Sutherland, Clallam County, Washington
Unexpected gate turned drive to walk      © Rod Crawford But the walk was pretty easy                © Rod Crawford
mini-clearing on trail, former forest service road south of Lake Sutherland, Clallam County, Washington tank trap, beginning of trail, former forest service road south of Lake Sutherland, Clallam County, Washington
We stopped to collect at mini-clearing    © Rod Crawford We couldn't have driven beyond this point anyway           © Rod Crawford
western hemlock foliage, trail, former forest service road south of Lake Sutherland, Clallam County, Washington Laurel Ramseyer at grassy area, trail, former forest service road south of Lake Sutherland, Clallam County, Washington
Kathy beat the western hemlock foliage    © Rod Crawford Rod swept the grass                   © Rod Crawford
impressive big tree, trail, former forest service road south of Lake Sutherland, Clallam County, Washington mature conifer forest, trail, former forest service road south of Lake Sutherland, Clallam County, Washington
Mama mia, that's a big-a-tree     © Rod Crawford Mature forest very promising for dead wood                 © Rod Crawford
juvenile Calymmaria spider, trail, former forest service road south of Lake Sutherland, Clallam County, Washington Calymmaria spider web, trail, former forest service road south of Lake Sutherland, Clallam County, Washington
Juvenile Calymmaria              © Laurel Ramseyer Calymmaria web                       © Laurel Ramseyer
male spider Dipoena daltoni from trail, former forest service road south of Lake Sutherland, Clallam County, Washington sword fern understory, trail, former forest service road south of Lake Sutherland, Clallam County, Washington
Male Dipoena daltoni               © Rod Crawford It was beaten from sword fern understory                       © Rod Crawford
female spider Meioneta darrelli from trail, former forest service road south of Lake Sutherland, Clallam County, Washington salal understory foliage, trail, former forest service road south of Lake Sutherland, Clallam County, Washington
Female Meioneta darrelli              © Laurel Ramseyer It was beaten from salal understory                    © Rod Crawford
canopy western hemlock foliage, trail, former forest service road south of Lake Sutherland, Clallam County, Washington Pityohyphantes tacoma female spider, trail, former forest service road south of Lake Sutherland, Clallam County, Washington
Canopy western hemlock foliage         © Rod Crawford Pityohyphantes tacoma, a species found in canopy           © Rod Crawford
dead wood in forest, trail, former forest service road south of Lake Sutherland, Clallam County, Washington fallen bark slabs, trail, former forest service road south of Lake Sutherland, Clallam County, Washington
Rod found lots of dead wood           © Rod Crawford Laurel found larger fallen bark slabs                   © Laurel Ramseyer
female spider Cicurina pusilla and web, trail, former forest service road south of Lake Sutherland, Clallam County, Washington forest floor with dead wood, trail, former forest service road south of Lake Sutherland, Clallam County, Washington
Cicurina pusilla female with web, underside of slab  © L. Ramseyer Look at all that dead wood!                     © Rod Crawford
female spider Xysticus pretiosus with egg sac, trail, former forest service road south of Lake Sutherland, Clallam County, Washington glimpse of Lake Sutherland from trail, former forest service road south of Lake Sutherland, Clallam County, Washington
Xysticus pretiosus with egg sac         © Laurel Ramseyer A glimpse of Lake Sutherland                       © Laurel Ramseyer
Rod Crawford sifts maple litter while Kathy Whaley naps, trail, former forest service road south of Lake Sutherland, Clallam County, Washington Licorice ferns, Polypodium, trail, former forest service road south of Lake Sutherland, Clallam County, Washington
Rod sifting maple litter while Kathy naps      © Laurel Ramseyer Licorice ferns                       © Laurel Ramseyer
Neon reticulatus jumping spider from trail, former forest service road south of Lake Sutherland, Clallam County, Washington unidentified Plethodon salamander from trail, former forest service road south of Lake Sutherland, Clallam County, Washington
Neon reticulatus from moss             © Laurel Ramseyer Unidentified Plethodon salamander                 © Laurel Ramseyer
frog on grave stone, cemetery E of Port Angeles, Washington cemetery E of Port Angeles, Washington
Atypical chorus frog on gravestone   © Laurel Ramseyer Northern Olympics behind cemetery                     © Rod Crawford
deer in cemetery east of Port Angeles, Washington near-sunset from Kingston-Edmonds ferry, 28 June 2024
Oh, deer (blacktail, that is)             © Laurel Ramseyer Near-sunset from ferry               © Rod Crawford

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