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Northern Long-toothed Sheetweaver (Drapetisca alteranda)Observer
arachnologusDescription
Freshly preserved specimen photographed through microscope. Sifted from cottonwood-alder litter.
Observer
arachnologusDescription
Freshly preserved specimen photographed through microscope. Beaten from mainly-fern understory foliage.
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Western Thatching Ant (Formica obscuripes)Observer
arachnologusDescription
Nest in seral forest by side of road.
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Mecaphesa importunaObserver
arachnologusDescription
Freshly preserved specimen photographed through microscope. Swept in grassy clearing.
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Coyote (Canis latrans)Observer
arachnologusDescription
Dead coyotes in grass field near sharp curve in road
Photos / Sounds
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Tuberculated Crab Spider (Tmarus angulatus)Observer
arachnologusDescription
Freshly preserved specimen photographed through microscope. Swept in riparian field.
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Pachygnatha dorotheaObserver
arachnologusDescription
Freshly preserved specimen photographed through microscope. Swept in marsh.
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Hexura piceaObserver
arachnologusDescription
Freshly preserved specimen photographed through microscope. Sifted from mixed deciduous leaf litter.
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Theridion lawrenceiObserver
arachnologusDescription
Freshly preserved specimen photographed through microscope. Showing very atypical variant abdomen pattern. Beaten from conifer foliage.
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Northwestern Garter Snake (Thamnophis ordinoides)Observer
arachnologusDescription
We watched this skinny snake traverse the entire length of the FS bridge over Wallace Creek, from one end to the other!
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Sphagnum Mosses (Genus Sphagnum)Observer
arachnologusDescription
In small patch sheltered by log on lake shore.
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Fall Webworm Moth (Hyphantria cunea)Observer
arachnologusDescription
Larval colony nest in cottonwood tree on Jetty Island
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Western Redcedar (Thuja plicata)Observer
arachnologusDescription
Giant old growth cedars in Engles Memorial Grove.
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Lewis' Monkeyflower (Erythranthe lewisii)Observer
arachnologusDescription
Part of lush foliage along creek within otherwise near-sterile landscape of Cougar Creek Fire one year before.
Observer
arachnologusDescription
Freshly preserved specimen photographed through microscope. Beaten from fir foliage.
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Microhexura idahoanaObserver
arachnologusDescription
Freshly preserved specimen photographed through microscope. Found under rock.
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Arabesque Orbweaver (Neoscona arabesca)Observer
arachnologusDescription
Freshly preserved specimen photographed through microscope. Swept from grassy verge on timber road in 2006 clearcut.
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Red Huckleberry (Vaccinium parvifolium)Observer
arachnologusDescription
Delicious!
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Philodromus oneidaObserver
arachnologusDescription
Freshly preserved specimen photographed through microscope. Beaten from conifer foliage. In Burke Museum collection.