my mother in law is TERRIFIED of spiders of all sizes. (I'm good with spiders as long as they stay off of me. and out of my hair. god. I had a daddy longlegs in my hair last week after I went out to close up the chicken coop. you could hear me screaming on mars)

but anyways, when we still lived close to the MIL, she would call Koffer up at all times of the night and morning "COME OVER AND KILL SPIDER! IT HAS VISIBLE KNEES!" that always killed me. They were so big, she claimed, she could see their joints.

...I think she was being hysterical.