10-4 on the spiders. You should see the "bannana" spiders. Long and slender about the length of your middle finger. Ugly as sin. I live 100 miles south of the Tampa Bay area. Their are lots of rural areas around Tampa. You can still live in the country and work in the city. Homosassa Springs for example. The gators are wondering around neighborhoods this time of year because of mating season and with the drought they are looking for water. If you see one 99% chance they will run from you, but if you feed them your in trouble. It is illegal to feed a wild alligator because they lose their fear of you and may come after you or your puppy for his next meal. If a gator has been fed than they must be distroyed. If you spot one wondering the streets you must call a certified trapper. If they determine that no one has fed him they wrap his snout up with duct tape and take him to a preserve and turn him loose. If he had been fed than chances are he will end up on a dinner plate as "fried greenbacks". Ben