Spiders do tend to get a bad press, and they do seem to give a lot of people a bad case of the horrors.
However, here are two very beautiful species of Peacock Spiders recently discovered in Queensland:
(1) Maratus jactatus (male)
(2) Maratus sceletus (male)
I, personally, think that spiders are rather nice.....indeed, I once shared a night in a motel room in Katherine with a spider that was the size of a large dinner plate!
cheers,
madbadgalaxyman