Album of Pinus Lake Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 8 September 2022 spider collecting trip with the main goal of Pinus Lake, an obscure pond on a plateau south of the North Fork Nooksack River, Whatcom County, Washington. We finally found the lake (there's no real trail to it), and spiders there were sparse, even in an unexpected Sphagnum bog. However, I added a few from conifer foliage on a nearby rocky hilltop by a state radio facility, then we tried for a lower-elevation sample down along the river and got several more. In the end we had 28 species, but we sure had to work for them.
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Pinus Lake area, Whatcom County, Washington, NAIP aerial photo state radio facility near Pinus Lake, Whatcom County, Washington
3 field sites in red (lake is central)             (NAIP) State radio facility at summit above lake                 © Rod Crawford
Phidippus spider on radio building near Pinus Lake, Whatcom County, Washington western hemlock foliage, summit near Pinus Lake, Whatcom County, Washington
Juvenile Phidippus on building            © Laurel Ramseyer Productive western hemlock foliage                      © Rod Crawford
cliff at summit near Pinus Lake, Whatcom County, Washington cliff at summit near Pinus Lake, Whatcom County, Washington
Geronimo!!  Cliff at summit            © Rod Crawford Aieeeeeeeeeee!                 © Laurel Ramseyer
grasshopper Trimerotropis verruculata suffusa at summit near Pinus Lake, Whatcom County, Washington Rod Crawford beating tree foliage at summit near Pinus Lake, Whatcom County, Washington
Trimerotropis verruculata suffusa      © Laurel Ramseyer Rod beating tree foliage                  © Laurel Ramseyer
butterfly Speyeria hydaspe at summit near Pinus Lake, Whatcom County, Washington Church Mountain from Pinus Lake, Whatcom County, Washington
Speyeria hydaspe by radio station      © Laurel Ramseyer Church Mountain from Pinus Lake                    © Rod Crawford
mature western hemlock forest around Pinus Lake, Whatcom County, Washington Pinus Lake, Whatcom County, Washington
Mature hemlock forest around lake       © Laurel Ramseyer At last, Pinus Lake!                    © Rod Crawford
spider Hyptiotes gertschi from shrubs, Pinus Lake, Whatcom County, Washington lily pads at east end of Pinus Lake, Whatcom County, Washington
Laurel beat some Hyptiotes           © Laurel Ramseyer Shallows with lily pads                  © Rod Crawford
Sphagnum moss covering shore, Pinus Lake, Whatcom County, Washington Sphagnum moss covering shore of Pinus Lake, Whatcom County, Washington
Sphagnum on ground             © Rod Crawford The Sphagnum covered extensive near-shore areas             © Rod Crawford
Sphagnum plants in sifter, Pinus Lake, Whatcom County, Washington sundew plant on bog surface Drosera rotundifolia, Pinus Lake, Whatcom County, Washington
Sphagnum plants in sifter             © Rod Crawford Sundew on bog surface              © Laurel Ramseyer
shiny pond lily leaves, Pinus Lake, Whatcom County, Washington reflection in Pinus Lake, Whatcom County, Washington
High-and-dry pond lily leaves           © Laurel Ramseyer Reflective lake water                       © Laurel Ramseyer
marsh cinquefoil, Comarum palustre, Pinus Lake, Whatcom County, Washington Rheumaptera larva and its "house", Pinus Lake, Whatcom County, Washington
Marsh cinquefoil, Comarum palustre          © Laurel Ramseyer Rheumaptera undulata larva and its leaf "house"          © Laurel Ramseyer
shelf fungus, Pinus Lake, Whatcom County, Washington huckleberries, Pinus Lake, Whatcom County, Washington
Colorful shelf fungus             © Laurel Ramseyer Tasty huckleberries                          © Rod Crawford
western bunchberry Cornus unalaschkensis, Pinus Lake, Whatcom County, Washington salal understory, Pinus Lake, Whatcom County, Washington
Dwarf dogwood or bunchberry            © Laurel Ramseyer Salal understory yielded its share of spiders                © Rod Crawford

In late afternoon, we made our way down to the banks of the North Fork Nooksack for additional species.

highway guardrail, N Fork Nooksack River above Nooksack Falls, Whatcom County, Washington Pityohyphantes sp. spider, N Fork Nooksack River above Nooksack Falls, Whatcom County, Washington
Highway guardrail, a spider habitat     © Rod Crawford Pityohyphantes sp. from guardrail                   © Rod Crawford
male harvestman Phalangium opilio, N Fork Nooksack River above Nooksack Falls, Whatcom County, Washington N Fork Nooksack River above Nooksack Falls, Whatcom County, Washington
Male Phalangium opilio on guardrail     © Laurel Ramseyer Close to the river                  © Rod Crawford
female Ceratinella spider from moss, N Fork Nooksack River above Nooksack Falls, Whatcom County, Washington riparian alder woodland, N Fork Nooksack River above Nooksack Falls, Whatcom County, Washington
Unidentified Ceratinella sifted from moss   © Rod Crawford Riparian alders, some with moss                     © Rod Crawford
devil's club understory, N Fork Nooksack River above Nooksack Falls, Whatcom County, Washington big logs on forest floor, N Fork Nooksack River above Nooksack Falls, Whatcom County, Washington
Devil's club understory              © Rod Crawford Big logs on forest floor                   © Rod Crawford
clubionid spider on windshield while phtographing sunset, Sedro Woolley, Washington on 8 September 2022 sunset in Sedro Woolley, Washington on 8 September 2022
Spider in the sky — or on the windshield   © Rod Crawford Sunset in Sedro Woolley              © Rod Crawford
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