This user-friendly guide helps readers untangle the mystery of spider webs and demystify the many purposes of silk, featuring over 40 species of spiders and their webs.
This user-friendly guide helps readers untangle the mystery of spider webs and demystify the many purposes of silk, featuring over 40 species of spiders and their webs.
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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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
