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Things that Bite: About Spiders

Posted on January 17, 2018

Tom Anderson, author of Things that Bite: The Truth About Critters that Scare People shares with us truth and myth about spiders. In E. B. White’s classic tale Charlotte’s Web, we are introduced to a sweet spider heroine, Charlotte. Even her charming manner and good web penmanship could...

The Argiope Spider, the Predator of the Prairie

Posted on October 27, 2017

in Nature, Nature Smart, Stan Tekiela

by Liliane Opsomer

It this week’s post, Stan Tekiela shares with us the fascinating world of the Argiope spider, also known as the Yellow Garden Argiope. During the lazy days of summer, nothing in nature seems to be moving or doing much of anything. However, in autumn it feels like...