Yikes, got the willies now! As far as I'm concerned the only good snake is a dead snake! I don't care how many rodents & insects they eat, they don't need to live! I hate spiders too. We live in an apartment complex that is built on what was farm land less than 5 yrs ago with a golf course behind us. We have some of the ugliest, biggest spiders I've ever seen...thank goodness it's been so hot & dry this summer they seem to have mostly disappeared. Coyotes are still around tho. We hear them howling at night when we're sitting on the balcony or walking the dog. They live across the highway in a grove of trees.