Well, ask Australians what they have to contend with... :-) "Australia, where everything is poisonous or venomous, except sheep and people. And we are not certain about sheep." :-))) The biggest spiders are in South America. Goliath Birdeaters. http://www.wcsscience.com/biggest/spider.html They've been quite tricky with the perspective on this one. Overall camel spiders are 5" together with the feet. And the stories about 25 mph or several feet jump are urban legends. http://www.snopes.com/photos/bugs/camelspider.asp And it seems to me we've had this discussion here before.

-- erlik