Selected photos by Rod
Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 30 May 2021 spider collecting trip to Lake Creek (just before it flows into Pilchuck Creek) and the slope of Mt. Cavanaugh, southern Skagit County, Washington. A trip plan of long standing, it still worked and the working forest owned by Longview Timber was fully accessible (on foot). Between sweeping in a recent clearcut, sifting moss and litter at 3 different sites, understory and conifer beating, active runners and a handy pile of rocks, we managed a fine sample of 46-49 species!
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Main sites and clearcut transect in red (Skagit Co., 2018) | Longview Timber's gated bridge over Lake Creek © Laurel Ramseyer |
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Here we go! © Laurel Ramseyer | Laurel on the side road between clearcuts © Rod Crawford |
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Meadowlike clearcut habitat © Rod Crawford | Grassy clearcut from east end © Laurel Ramseyer |
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Bald Mountain, a rocky inselberg © Rod Crawford | West end of clearcut © Rod Crawford |
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Laurel sifting in the alder forest © Rod Crawford | Tiny uncharted creek with mossy alder © Laurel Ramseyer |
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Alder litter about to be sifted © Laurel Ramseyer | Western redbacked salamander © Laurel Ramseyer |
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Western hemlock foliage © Laurel Ramseyer | Hemlock tree ready for beating © Laurel Ramseyer |
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Filtered sunlight on salmonberry © Laurel Ramseyer | Road passes through a pure alder stand © Rod Crawford |
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Maple litter © Rod Crawford | Only stand of bigleaf maple on our route © Rod Crawford |
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Lycid beetle Dictyoptera simplicipes © Laurel Ramseyer | Ferns & thimbleberry on road bank © Rod Crawford |
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Clubiona pacifica with under-rock retreat © Laurel Ramseyer | Western toad on roadside rockpile © Laurel Ramseyer |
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Theridiid Crustulina sticta with lavender egg sac © Laurel Ramseyer | Male Cryphoeca exlineae under rock © Laurel Ramseyer |
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Crabronid wasp © Laurel Ramseyer | Porrhomma convexum from under rock © Rod Crawford |
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Alders by Lake Creek bridge © Laurel Ramseyer | Lake Creek from bridge © Rod Crawford |
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Mossy trunk by Lake Creek bridge © Laurel Ramseyer | Marsh on Pilchuck Creek © Rod Crawford |
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Rubus parviflorus © Rod Crawford | Pilchuck Creek from Lake Cavanaugh Road © Rod Crawford |
This page last updated 12 June, 2021