Album of Smackout Valley Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 6 October 2025 spider collecting trip (with Kathy Whaley) to Smackout Valley, NE of Colville, Stevens County, Washington. This oddly-named mountain meadow (with grazing cattle) yielded good spiders, both at the dry upper end and the wetter lower end, although that true wetland on the map eluded me. Lovely weather continued. This second day of the expedition began well with 27-29 species, several of them rare or unfamiliar.
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sifter abandoned in parking lot, Mill Creek at Cole Road, NE of Colville, Washington kinnikinnick in Smackout Valley, Stevens County, Washington
My lonely sifter in the parking lot       © Laurel Ramseyer Kinnikinick in fruit at first Smackout site            © Rod Crawford
2023 aerial view of Smackout Valley, Stevens County, Washington upper Smackout Valley, Stevens County, Washington
Smackout Valley, our main sites in red      (Stevens County, 2023) Smackout Valley from junction of Road 100                 © Laurel Ramseyer
turkey feather, Smackout Valley, Stevens County, Washington field on slope above Smackout Valley, Stevens County, Washington
Turkey feather                 © Laurel Ramseyer Sweep-worthy field above the road                      © Rod Crawford
Rod Crawford beating conifer foliage, Smackout Valley, Stevens County, Washington ponderosa pines on lower slope, Smackout Valley, Stevens County, Washington
Rod examines a conifer beat sample     © Laurel Ramseyer Ponderosa pines on the lower slope                    © Rod Crawford
pentatomid bug from pine cone, Smackout Valley, Stevens County, Washington parking spot along Smackout Road, Smackout Valley, Stevens County, Washington
Stink bug from pine cone               © Laurel Ramseyer Our parking place along Smackout Road                          © Rod Crawford
true fir foliage, Smackout Valley, Stevens County, Washington spider Frontinella communis from conifers, Smackout Valley, Stevens County, Washington
True fir foliage a little higher up            © Rod Crawford Frontinella communis from conifers                         © Rod Crawford
juvenile Theridion spider, Smackout Valley, Stevens County, Washington view from side Road 100 into Smackout Valley, Stevens County, Washington
Unidentified juvenile Theridion              © Rod Crawford Habitats up Road 100                            © Laurel Ramseyer
juvenile Xysticus crab spider, Smackout Valley, Stevens County, Washington cottonwood trees in Smackout Valley, Stevens County, Washington
Unidentified juvenile Xysticus           © Rod Crawford Cottonwood trees down in the valley                       © Rod Crawford
Smackout Valley corral from the air, Smackout Valley, Stevens County, Washington looking up Smackout Valley, Stevens County, Washington
Corral & nearby habitats from the air       (Stevens County, 2023) Looking up the valley toward Huckleberry Mountain         © Laurel Ramseyer
Kathy Whaley sweeping meadow, Smackout Valley, Stevens County, Washington edge of dry and wet meadows, Smackout Valley, Stevens County, Washington
Kathy sweeping the dry meadow         © Laurel Ramseyer Ecotone between dry upper and wet lower meadow        © Laurel Ramseyer
alder litter in marshy alder grove, Smackout Valley, Stevens County, Washington within marsh/swampy alder grove, Smackout Valley, Stevens County, Washington
Alder litter within thicket                 © Laurel Ramseyer Marshy/swampy alder grove                           © Laurel Ramseyer
Bathyphantes waneta from marsh, Smackout Valley, Stevens County, Washington marsh grass, Smackout Valley, Stevens County, Washington
Bathyphantes waneta from alder litter     © Rod Crawford Marsh grass                     © Laurel Ramseyer
twin trees in meadow, Smackout Valley, Stevens County, Washington penultimate spider Hypselistes florens from marsh, Smackout Valley, Stevens County, Washington
Twin cottonwoods in dry meadow        © Laurel Ramseyer Penultimate Hypselistes florens swept from marsh               © Rod Crawford

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