Damsel wrote:
I don't
> routinely kill critters, but if the spider can harm us, I should probably
> get rid of it. The picture isn't great, because I was too scared to get
> any closer.
>
> I'd appreciate any help with either of these. Click on the yellow squash:
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/head_trollop/my_photos


Yup, that's a spider. (That's the identification part of this message.)
For those situations where you don't want to get too close to a bug,
the vacuum cleaner works nicely. Stand in the doorway with vacuum and
vacuum hose. Attack spider from distance.


--Lia