Epigeal arthropod communities are an integral part of a properly functioning ecosystem. This community can often be a harbinger of the overall health of an area. This project investigated the epigeal arthropod community before and after the harvest of hybrid poplars in an attempt to document the change in community composition on either side of this planned ‘catastrophe.’ Data was collected during the spring, summer and fall using pitfall traps placed along a diagonal transect within a sixteen-hectare planting block. We hypothesized that epigeal arthropod community composition would change in response to the catastrophic event of tree harvesting. Our results showed the post-catastrophic epigeal arthropod community loosely resembled that of the pre-catastrophic community. The most common species were found to remain within the disturbed habitat, with the less common species disappearing from the community. But, as with the pre-catastrophic event communities, a single species, Calathus ruficolis (Coleoptera: Carabidae) dominated the post-catastrophic event community. Several other species were found to be common in the system, but they were not as pervasive as Calathus ruficolis. We have also noted changes in the community compositions across the course of the growing season, with the pestiferous insects being more common during the spring than in the fall. These pests include speckled green fruitworm, Orthosia hibisci (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), a geometrid (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), and strawberry root weevil, Otiorhynchus ovatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).