FCAS Presents
JJ Audubon
"As I grew up I was fervently desirous of becoming acquainted with Nature."
"Colorado Spiders, Their Wondrous Ways and Webs"
presented by
Birders Dave Leatherman, Forest Entomologist
and Janeal Thompson, Award-winning Photographer
Thursday, March 12th, 2020
Fort Collins Senior Center, 1200 Raintree Dr.
Social Time begins 7 p.m.; Program at 7:20 p.m.
Bold Jumper Spider by Janeal Thompson.
Spiders, like snakes, are an animal group of which humans seem instinctively afraid. That is unfortunate, because they truly are both remarkable and important. In this presentation perhaps both the presenters and the audience can step outside our respective comfort zones and delve into arachnids. The presenters are admittedly not spider experts. Janeal Thompson has a farming/ranching background in southeastern CO. She is an award-winning photographer smitten by spiders as a subject. She confesses some still "give her cause for pause". Dave Leatherman is a trained forest entomology and lifelong birder.
Join us as we learn together about the amazing substance called silk, web construction, eye patterns, and spider sex. We will tell discuss spiders doing photo shoots with bicyclists , winning contests and stoking urban legends. Be open to personal "spider therapy" by coming forward when we invite the congregation to hold a tarantula.