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Inspiring Spiders Tickle My Fancy

May 20 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

| F/Coventry Oaks Lodge

If you have any questions regarding this program, please call the Nature Realm Visitors Center at 330-865-8065 (Wednesday—Saturday 10 a.m.—5 p.m., Sunday 12–5 p.m.).

Join the Greater Akron Audubon Society and honor Bert Szabo, their first interpretive naturalist, as we welcome retired Interpretive Naturalist Pat Rydquist and dig deeper into the web of spiders! After attending an Ohio Sea Grant Conference on Gibraltar Island in Lake Erie last summer with Dr. Rich Bradley, author and renowned spider specialist at The Ohio State University, Pat is inspired to share the life and value of spiders in the hopes others will appreciate their beauty and worth.

Details

Date
May 20
Time
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Event Category:

Venue

Location
40 Axline Ave.
Akron, OH 44319 United States + Google Map

Other

Age Group
Adults
Virtual or In Person
In Person
Park
Firestone Metro Park

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