jack kaspar, a long-time professor at uw-oshkosh and an avid spider collector. tom erdman, museum curator : "he had started collecting in the 1950's, late 40's, mainly in wisconsin, so we have the whole long run of collecting in wisconsin, we know where spiders started, when they first appeared here, we can look and see, well here's a spider that isn't here anymore."before dr. kaspar passed away last december, he agreed to donate his collection to the species are all represented--- as are thousands of spiders from around the world. tom erdman, museum curator : "so we have things from indonesia, we have things from india, we have things from africa that he's gone through, that students sent him."stored in ethanol to keep them fresh and flexible, the spiders will be used for research and teaching. tom erdman, museum curator : "we're the only institution in the system where the kids have that much hands on experience." the university of wisconsin - green bay. its spider collection is usually not open to the public, but some group tours can be arranged. in the tech