Album of Bar Creek Bridge Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 21 August 2025 spider collecting trip (with Kathy Whaley) to Wells Creek Road (especially the upper section where it crosses Bar Creek), north of Mt. Baker, Washington. A lovely spot, with a mild air temperature (always a consideration in August). We got 33 species from mostly roadside habitats, leaving time to visit a second site along the road on the way out where we could access both a large clearing and the interior of a mature forest, making it 36. All the orbweavers were native!
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aerial view of Bar Creek Bridge area, N of Mt Baker, Washington Bar Creek Bridge, N of Mt Baker, Washington
We parked just before Bar Creek Bridge      (NAIP, 2024) Bar Creek Bridge, in person                    © Rod Crawford
Philodromus spectabilis spider with egg sac, Bar Creek Bridge, N of Mt Baker, Washington \creek upstream of Bar Creek Bridge, N of Mt Baker, Washington
Philodromus spectabilis with eggs          © Laurel Ramseyer Bar Creek upstream of bridge                     © Rod Crawford
spider Pityohyphante tacoma on Bar Creek Bridge, N of Mt Baker, Washington creek downstream of Bar Creek Bridge, N of Mt Baker, Washington
Pityohyphantes tacoma from bridge    © Laurel Ramseyer Downstream, Bar Creek was more bar than creek              © Rod Crawford
alder thicket, Bar Creek Bridge, N of Mt Baker, Washington parking place in front of alder thicket, Bar Creek Bridge, N of Mt Baker, Washington
Alder thicket, penetrable!                © Rod Crawford Our handy parking place by the thicket              © Rod Crawford
alder leaf litter, Bar Creek Bridge, N of Mt Baker, Washington alder leaf litter, Bar Creek Bridge, N of Mt Baker, Washington
Alder litter, close-up             © Rod Crawford Really juicy (thick & moist) alder litter              © Rod Crawford
mossy stump, Bar Creek Bridge, N of Mt Baker, Washington Laurel Ramseyer sifting moss, Bar Creek Bridge, N of Mt Baker, Washington
Mossy stump                 © Laurel Ramseyer Laurel sifting moss                            © Rod Crawford
spider Sisis rotundus from moss, Bar Creek Bridge, N of Mt Baker, Washington spider Arcuphantes arcuatulus from moss, Bar Creek Bridge, N of Mt Baker, Washington
Sisis rotundus with albino leg segments    © Rod Crawford Arcuphantes arcuatulus from moss                    © Rod Crawford
Pityohyphantes tacoma color form, Bar Creek Bridge, N of Mt Baker, Washington Tetragnatha versicolor on bridge, Bar Creek Bridge, N of Mt Baker, Washington
Another Pityohyphantes color form         © Rod Crawford Tetragnatha versicolor on bridge                     © Laurel Ramseyer
fir foliage, Bar Creek Bridge, N of Mt Baker, Washington mountain hemlock foliage, Bar Creek Bridge, N of Mt Baker, Washington
Fir foliage               © Rod Crawford Mountain hemlock foliage                  © Rod Crawford
Laurel turning rocks, Bar Creek Bridge, N of Mt Baker, Washington roadcut shrubs turning color, Bar Creek Bridge, N of Mt Baker, Washington
Turning rocks to no avail!           © Rod Crqwford Fall(?) color getting a far-in-advance head start              © Rod Craword
roadside verge, Bar Creek Bridge, N of Mt Baker, Washington roadside grassy field, Bar Creek Bridge, N of Mt Baker, Washington
Grassy roadside verge                © Laurel Ramseyer …expanded into this roadside field            © Rod Crawford
roadside tansy flower, Bar Creek Bridge, N of Mt Baker, Washington Barometer Mountain above creek, Bar Creek Bridge, N of Mt Baker, Washington
Roadside tansy                 © Rod Crawford North ridge spur of Barometer Mountain               © Laurel Ramseyer
thimbleberry foliage and berry, Bar Creek Bridge, N of Mt Baker, Washington stonefly on bridge, Bar Creek Bridge, N of Mt Baker, Washington
Tasty berries on thimbleberry        © Rod Crawford Stonefly on bridge                            © Laurel Ramseyer
female spider Araniella displicata in web, Bar Creek Bridge, N of Mt Baker, Washington juvenile Pardosa from bridge, Bar Creek Bridge, N of Mt Baker, Washington
The little orb web of Araniella displicata   © Laurel Ramseyer Juvenile Pardosa from bridge                      © Laurel Ramseyer
aerial photo of Wells Creek Road site, north of Mt Baker, Washington mature conifer forest, Wells Creek Road site, north of Mt Baker, Washington
Forest and clearing on Wells Creek Road        (NAIP, 2024) Mature conifer forest on steep slope                      © Rod Crawford
male spider Xysticus pretiosus from ferns, Wells Creek Road site, north of Mt Baker, Washington sword fern understory, Wells Creek Road site, north of Mt Baker, Washington
Male Xysticus pretiosus         © Rod Crawford Fern understory in forest as above                      © Rod Crawford
Araneus nordmanni spider in retreat, Wells Creek Road site, north of Mt Baker, Washington female orbweaver Araneus gemma in retreat, Wells Creek Road site, north of Mt Baker, Washington
Araneus nordmanni in leaf retreat      © Laurel Ramseyer Araneus gemma in leaf retreat                    © Laurel Ramseyer
juvenile Metellina from ferns, Wells Creek Road site, north of Mt Baker, Washington Mount Baker from near Wells Creek Road site, north of Mt Baker, Washington
Juvenile Metellina from ferns          © Rod Crawford Mt. Baker from lower Wells Creek Road                   © Rod Crawford

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