This is one of our friendly neighborhood wolf spiders. Like the barn spiders that take up residence outside our dining room picture window, the wolf spiders are incredibly fascinating, but being predators that hunt their prey by chasing it down rather than spinning a web, the wolf spiders also get around quite a bit more and can surprise you when they suddenly appear in the garage. And by "surprise" I mean "momentarily terrify"; this one here is maybe 3, definitely no more than 4, inches from leg tip to leg tip, and yet it's got that eeeeeyoaugh factor that briefly takes control of your spine.
Is it any wonder that Shelob is scarier than Sauron? I mean, we all know that if Sauron gets the ring back that Middle Earth will be plunged into an age of darkness and the free people will be enslaved, but it's all a step removed from Frodo and Sam's immediate experience. Shelob, on the other hand, is going to catch you, string you up, and eat you slowly. Eeeeeyoaugh.
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