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.
- Guide to spiders and their webs
- Over 40 species of spiders and their webs discussed in detail
- Over 200 color photos and 50 illustrations
- Helps to untangle the mystery of spider webs and demystify the many purposes of silk
- Explains the complex process of building a giant orb web
- Written by an award-winning science teacher and lifelong spider watcher
- Silver Winner in the Nature & Environment category of the 31st Annual IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards for excellence in book publishing
Table of Contents:
1 A Guide to Web Watching
2 Spider Classification
3 Insect & Spider Comparison
4 Spider External Anatomy
8 Spider Internal Anatomy
9 Spinnerets & Silk
10 Silk Glands
12 Spider Silk
13 Types of Webs
17 Other Uses for Silk
17 Web Construction
24 Web Destruction
25 Web Watching Tips
SPECIES ACCOUNTS
- 28 COB WEBS
- 30 Theridiidae
- 36 Pholcidae
- 38 Dictynidae
- 40 SHEET WEBS
- 42 Linyphiidae
- 48 Hahnidae
- 50 FUNNEL WEBS
- 52 Agelenidae
- 56 Amaurobiidae
- 58 ORB WEBS
- 60 Araneidae
- 106 Tetragnathidae
- 116 Uloboridae
PHOTO GALLERIES
120 Insects Caught in Webs
122 Dewy Webs
124 Frosty Webs
125 Snowy Web
126 Dusty Webs
127 Seeds in Webs
130 Other Silk Constructions
132 Man-made Web Substrates
133 Titles of Interest
134 Photo Credits
135 Index
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.
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Pub Date: January 09, 2018
0.4" H x 9.0" L x 6.0" W
144 pages
paperback