Album of South Fork Sol Duc River Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from from a 17 September 2025 spider collecting trip with Kathy Whaley to the South Fork of the Sol Duc River (just above its meeting with the main Sol Duc), Clallam County, Washington. Given an unexpectedly short time on site, we stayed within a short walk of the South Fork bridge of Forest Road 2918, where we got good samples from alder-maple leaf litter, trunk moss, fern understory, roadside grass and conifer foliage, as well as a few species from other habitats. After around 2 hours, we left with 37+ spider species!
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aerial photo showing South Fork Sol Duc River site, Clallam County, Washington Ferry passes Kingston ferry in Puget Sound on 17 Sept 2025
Our site is the red dot in middle     (NAIP, 2023) Two ships that pass in the daytime                  © Rod Crawford
Laurel Ramseyer collects from bridge, South Fork Sol Duc River site, Clallam County, Washington Laurel Ramseyer approaches the bridge, South Fork Sol Duc River site, Clallam County, Washington
Laurel collects from the bridge                © Rod Crawford Laurel approaches South Fork bridge                   © Rod Crawford
South Fork Sol Duc River upstream of bridge South Fork Sol Duc River mouth, just below bridge
Upstream of the bridge           © Rod Crawford Just downstream is the mouth of the South Fork               © Rod Crawford
Kathy Whaley beating ferns, South Fork Sol Duc River site, Clallam County, Washington sword fern and bigleaf maple, South Fork Sol Duc River site, Clallam County, Washington
Kathy beating fern understory          © Rod Crawford Sword fern in front of bigleaf maple stand                © Rod Crawford
male spider Wubana atypica from ferns, South Fork Sol Duc River site, Clallam County, Washington female mysmenid spider Trogloneta from ferns, South Fork Sol Duc River site, Clallam County, Washington
Cool male Wubana atypica from ferns        © Rod Crawford Female Trogloneta from ferns                       © Rod Crawford
alder trunk moss, South Fork Sol Duc River site, Clallam County, Washington Laurel Ramseyer sifting moss, South Fork Sol Duc River site, Clallam County, Washington
Alder trunk moss, very lush            © Laurel Ramseyer Laurel sifting moss                       © Rod Crawford
maple leaf litter, South Fork Sol Duc River site, Clallam County, Washington pockets of alder litter, South Fork Sol Duc River site, Clallam County, Washington
Maple litter at base of tree            © Rod Crawford And pockets of alder litter among boulders               © Rod Crawford
neobisiid pseudoscorpion from leaf litter, South Fork Sol Duc River site, Clallam County, Washington female spider Ceratinops inflatus from alder litter, South Fork Sol Duc River site, Clallam County, Washington
Neobisiid pseudoscorpion from litter         © Rod Crawford Female Ceratinops inflatus from alder litter                   © Rod Crawford
female spider Nesticus silvestrii from maple leaf litter, South Fork Sol Duc River site, Clallam County, Washington big leaves of bigleaf maple, South Fork Sol Duc River site, Clallam County, Washington
Nesticus silvestrii from maple litter          © Rod Crawford Big leaves of bigleaf maple                  © Rod Crawford
femalle spider Bathyphantes malkini under cobble, South Fork Sol Duc River site, Clallam County, Washington streamside gravel bar, South Fork Sol Duc River site, Clallam County, Washington
Bathyphantes malkini under cobble      © Laurel Ramseyer Lateral cobble bar of South Fork                © Laurel Ramseyer
carapace of spider Calymmaria emertoni, South Fork Sol Duc River site, Clallam County, Washington female spider Calymmaria emertoni under stream cobble, South Fork Sol Duc River site, Clallam County, Washington
Carapace of Calymmaria emertoni         © Rod Crawford Calymmaria emertoni under stream cobble              © Laurel Ramseyer
female spider Wubana pacifica under stream cobble, South Fork Sol Duc River site, Clallam County, Washington egg retreat of spider Misumena vatia, South Fork Sol Duc River site, Clallam County, Washington
Wubana pacifica under river cobble    © Laurel Ramseyer Misumena vatia in egg retreat along river                     © Laurel Ramseyer
female spider Helophora reducta under charred wood in fire ring, South Fork Sol Duc River site, Clallam County, Washington roadside conifer foliage along road 2918 near South Fork Sol Duc River site, Clallam County, Washington
Female Helophora reducta under fire ring charcoal  © Laurel Ramseyer Spider-rich roadside conifer foliage
fire ring spider habitat, South Fork Sol Duc River site, Clallam County, Washington mossy boulders, South Fork Sol Duc River site, Clallam County, Washington
Fire ring spider habitat                 © Rod Crawford Mossy boulders leading down toward river                      © Rod Crawford
pre-sunset from Kingston, Washington ferry dock, 17 Sept 2025 sunset from Kingston-Edmonds ferry, 25 Sept 2025
Pre-sunset from the ferry dock            © Laurel Ramseyer On the ferry, true sunset obscured by clouds                   © Rod Crawford

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