Web Watching - by Larry Weber (Paperback)

About the Book

A field guide to spider webs and spiders in the Great Lakes/Eastern U.S. area

Book Synopsis

A field guide to spider webs and spiders in the Great Lakes/Eastern U.S. area. Over 200 color photos of webs and spiders. Many illustrations. Information that is rarely seen on web construction, silk glands, and types of silk.

About the Author

Larry Weber has the perfect name for a lifelong spider and web watcher. He was a science teacher for more than 40 years and received the Minnesota Secondary Science Teacher of the Year and the National Biology Teacher Association's Middle School Life Science Teacher of the Year awards. He has a weekly radio phenology program, a phenology column for a local newspaper and is one of the founders of the Minnesota Phenology Network. Larry taught University for Seniors for several years and also teaches many Minnesota Master Naturalist courses. He is also the author of Butterflies of the North Woods, Spiders of the North Woods, Fascinating Fungi of the North Woods, Backyard Almanac, Webwood: Seasons of Life in the North Woods, and Minnesota Phenology. Larry lives on an old farmstead in Carlton County, Minnesota, where daily walks keep him in tune with the phenology of our northern flora and fauna.