Wolf spiders can get pretty big... all nice and hairy. ;) I don't mind spiders... they eat aphids and other pests... but sometimes I have to clear them out. The black widows over the porch were a bit over the line. Besides the rather notorious spider in LOTR, there is an entire forest of them in The Hobbit. The dwarves get all tied up (with an occasional foot or nose sticking out, the spiders weren't all that tidy in their packaging) and Bilbo chases off the spiders and rescues everyone. If Jackson ever does The Hobbit, he'll have plenty of experience artfully draping webs. Since he has a extreme phobia regarding creepy-crawlies, he knows what sort of emotional buttons to push. Carolly