@ai6yr and this one just seemed too big to smash, I'm probably underestimating that it was the size of a half dollar. [including the legs] damn thing'd been living the good life somewhere.
@MsMerope The black widows that move next to beehives are generally that size... IMMENSE. They get extremely fat eating bees. It is quite alarming, LOL. I used to go outside and smash the black windows at night to reduce the population... fortunately, the backyard is now populated with giant orb spiders (which are gigantic and scary, but not venomous to humans like the black windows). Don't like walking your face into their webs, though, LOL...
@ai6yr the orb weavers make such pretty webs though. I haven't had one of those around here in a long time.