Selected photos from a spider collecting field trip to Hatt Slough (a channel of the Stillaguamish River) south of Stanwood, Snohomish County, Washington, on 28 October 2006. One of the most remote spots I've reached by local buses, and a very productive trip. The Washington Department of Wildlife tract here is under stewardship of the Stillaguamish Tribe, who chopped down most of the blackberries, bless them! Rare native Argiope and comon introduced Xysticus were among the meadow spiders. On private land across the slough, tiny, colorful Walckenaeria and other linyphiids were abundant on the foliage of an isolated Douglas-fir grove. Most maps call the place Hat Slough, which is wrong - see this historical article. Photos by Rod Crawford.

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Alder litter in riparian forest       © Rod Crawford	Pure alder riparian forest               © Rod Crawford
Some cottonwood farther east    © Rod Crawford	Looking across Hatt Slough       © Rod Crawford
Colorful cottonwood canopy   © Rod Crawford	The beautiful barn of Boe Road         © Rod Crawford
Argiope trifasciata with prey     © J.R.Thomson	Rural landscape in the Stillaguamish delta      © Rod Crawford
Meadow grass, rich in orbweavers  © Rod Crawford	Roadside remnant of extensive riparian meadows  © Rod Crawford
Penultimate male and female of Xysticus cristatus © Rod Crawford	Canopy of alder-cottonwood riparian strip against the skyline © Rod Crawford
Walckenaeria auranticeps, both sexes © Rod Crawford	Grove of Douglas-fir in riparian meadow         © Rod Crawford
Fir foliage was rich in linyphiids  © Rod Crawford	The sun set while I waited for the bus home        © Rod Crawford

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