Thanks Doug and Ken.

Yeah that out of focus leg bothered me a bit too there Ken. I would imagine from the length of those front legs, this thing can snatch up prey pretty efficently.
As for the spiders up north Doug, a friend of mine, while I was in the Navy, told me that up there, there are some very large spiders they call "Wood Spiders." Some, he related, almost as big as a dinner plate!

He also said his mom kept them around to keep vermin out of the house. I think the vermin and I would have a lot in common, in this instance.
