One day we paced off an area and counted the webs. We then went to an unmowed area and did a quick survey there, pacing off an equal study area and counting the webs. It's an amazing thing - once you become aware of spiders, you see them almost everywhere. Soon we were watching jumping spiders, and large yellow and black garden spiders. And then, there's always the population of cob-web weavers that live in the house.
Science is part of life.
Life is all around us. Plan to do some short, spontaneous field trips this spring and summer.