d'sm-- deep breaths! there really are very few attacking spiders. i try to grab their string and walk them out the door. they eat bugs in the garden and catch flies during fly season. i hate flies. forgot about them when i made my list. flies and skinks. i seem to have an affinity for big bulky animals like rhinos and hippos! and somehow i have become enamored of flamingos. certainly nothing i drew up with in new england and new york! lol here i live in a neighborhood where flamingos in the yard is acceptable! gotta love that!