Go play outside now

Innate fears are funny.  Some people are scared of the ocean, some of snakes.  I'm scared of spiders.  Not the jump on the couch shrieking scared, but more like the paralyzed fight-or-flight scared.  Honestly, the only reason I make my bed everyday is to prevent spider surprises. 

Here in Pohnpei there are several different species of terrifying spiders.  There are the kind that build webs up high in corners splayed into an X and then there is this kind.  Unfortunately, googling "scary micronesia spider" didn't yield the correct taxonomy.  I call it the sand-dollar spider. 

So, I'm talking to my dad last Friday morning and spot this sand-dollar spider sitting silently on the corner of the couch (upper left hand corner).  We tried to troubleshoot the situation over the phone but to no avail, I'd have to deal with it. 

This is the third one I've seen in  the house.  They stay relatively still until they move very very fast.  I cut the first 2 minutes of this video where I was practicing deep breathing techniques while mustering the courage to help Mr. Spider back outside to play with his friends.