Album of Sulphur Creek Campground Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Chris Rurik from our 28 September 2018 spider collecting trip to Sulphur Creek Campground, near the end of the Suiattle River Road, Snohomish County, Washington. I wanted to start fall collecting a bit earlier than usual this year because there had been substantial rain in September and some leaves were already turning (no, we got no fall color photos). The trip was a success, with 30 species taken including uncommon Wubana suprema and Zygiella dispar, but I think a number of linyphiids weren't quite mature yet. But we can't complain, it was a good day and Chris's first spider trip (he's interested in fungi as his photos demonstrate).
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2012 aerial photo of Sulphur Creek Campground vicinity, Snohomish County, Washington entrance sign, Sulphur Creek Campground, Snohomish County, Washington
Three adjacent sites where creek meets river   (USDA, 2012) Here we are at the campground             © Rod Crawford
closed sign, Sulphur Creek Campground, Snohomish County, Washington campsite with table, Sulphur Creek Campground, Snohomish County, Washington
Closed to camping right after Labor Day  © Rod Crawford But open to spider collecting, with handy picnic tables!    © Rod Crawford
Chris Rurik at Sulphur Creek Campground, Snohomish County, Washington leaf litter, Sulphur Creek Campground, Snohomish County, Washington
Chris examines one of many sheetwebs © Rod Crawford Leaf litter, thin but reasonably productive               © Rod Crawford
moss and shelf fungus Tyromyces sp., Sulphur Creek Campground, Snohomish County, Washington sifting leaf litter on the picnic table, Sulphur Creek Campground, Snohomish County, Washington
Siftable moss, and Tyromyces shelf fungus © Rod Crawford Sifting litter on the picnic table                   © Rod Crawford
coccinellid beetle Harmonia axyridis in leaf litter, Sulphur Creek Campground, Snohomish County, Washington Chris Rurik strolls from outhouse to campsite, Sulphur Creek Campground, Snohomish County, Washington
Unusual ladybird? No, just an odd color form
of invasive Harmonia axyridis!         © Chris Rurik		 Chris strolls from outhouse to campsite                © Rod Crawford
Rod Crawford ready for spiders in Sulphur Creek Campground, Snohomish County, Washington sword fern Polystichum munitum understory, Sulphur Creek Campground, Snohomish County, Washington
Rod in full field regaila         © Chris Rurik Fern understory, very productive                © Rod Crawford
Pholiota sp. mushrooms, Sulphur Creek Campground, Snohomish County, Washington camp outhouse, Sulphur Creek Campground, Snohomish County, Washington
Amazing Pholiota mushrooms     © Chris Rurik We checked the outhouse for spiders in vain           © Rod Crawford
tent site in campground, Sulphur Creek Campground, Snohomish County, Washington Sulphur Creek flowing into Suiattle River, Sulphur Creek Campground, Snohomish County, Washington
Super-nice tent platforms in campsites   © Rod Crawford Sulphur Creek flowing into the Suiattle River         © Rod Crawford
Zygiella dispar orbweaver from bridge railings, Sulphur Creek Bridge, upper Suiattle River, Snohomish County, Washington Sulphur Creek Bridge, upper Suiattle River, Snohomish County, Washington
Native orbweaver Zygiella dispar        © Rod Crawford Web-draped Sulphur Creek Bridge                  © Rod Crawford
roadside red cedar foliage, Thuja plicata, Sulphur Creek Bridge, upper Suiattle River, Snohomish County, Washington Sulphur Creek below Sulphur Creek Bridge, upper Suiattle River, Snohomish County, Washington
Roadside cedar foliage             © Rod Crawford Sulphur Creek below the bridge                  © Rod Crawford
sign for Sulphur Creek Trail, upper Suiattle River, Snohomish County, Washington Wubana suprema microspider Linyphiidae ventral view from Sulphur Creek Trail, upper Suiattle River, Snohomish County, Washington
Horses heck, it's barely maintained at all! © Rod Crawford Wubana suprema, rarest spider taken               © Rod Crawford
westbound after dusk on Suiattle River Road, Snohomish County, Washington Sulphur Creek Trail, upper Suiattle River, Snohomish County, Washington
Driving homeward through a dark forest tunnel   © Rod Crawford The trail took us through mature forest with dead wood   © Rod Crawford

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