Larry Weber is a teacher, author, photographer and naturalist. After forty years as a natural science teacher, he now spends his time at Webwood, an old farm, where he walks the woods, observes nature and writes about what he finds. His books include: Backyard Almanac, Butterflies of the North Woods, Spiders of the North Woods andFascinating Fungi of the North Woods. He also does a weekly nature column for a local newspaper and provides regular radio programs as well as various phenology workshops.