Well, I collected insects when I was a kid. I like most spiders just fine. I do squish Brown Recluse spiders, because they are so dangerous. I really like Orb Weavers; they're beautiful. They appear in Kansas in late summer and they look like jewels.

One time when I was a kid, I was in the bathroom late at night, when a huge (3 inches from toetip to toetip) Wolf Spider jumped onto my bare foot. Then he apparently realized that I was too big to eat, so he hopped off and went on his way (he didn't bite).