I feel your pain. I don't like spiders either but as long as they stay a long way away from me, I can live with them in the general area. But someone forgot to tell them that. I live in Central America, so we have spiders and other vermin such as scorpions in various colours and sizes. They are right up there with spiders for me. I have managed to be stung three times by scorpions. The first two weren't too bad but the third from a back one sent me to the hospital. So, I can understand your fear of these things...