Burleson County
After looking at satellite views, it appeared the closest place the Brazos River could be accessed over public land south of Falls on the Brazos was near the route 21 overpass so I checked it out on 8/30. I was prepared for failure because most places like this turn out to be much too steep or jungle-like to get to the river these days. I was lucky as there was a narrow path up the river on the west side that fishermen were using. The path was about a third of the way up a sandstone bluff and a misstep could have put me in the mud or river at the bottom. I might survive, but my camera probably wouldn't. There wasn't much maneuvering room but I managed to find an photograph 3 small wolf spiders. The first was Pardosda lapidicina group. After getting back home and looking at the photos, it appeared to be Pardosa mercurialis. This was the farthest downsteam in the Brazos watershed anything in the lapidicina group has been observed. The other spiders I field identified as other Pardosa species, but one turned out to be a juvenile Arctosa littoralis. Three spiders, three species. The first spider was on bedrock, the other two were on sand. At Falls on the Brazos there is a gravel beach on the far side of the river. I figured it was prime habitat for Pardosa lapidicina group sometime ago. Finding one downstream makes it very likely they are there, but confirmation will have to wait for low enough water to walk across on the old road.
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