The spider died! After my post of 28 Dec I decided to check out our arachnid friend only to find s/he was lifeless. I then decided to try to take a picture of it and it twitched a bit ... how does one force feed a spider, though? Took some snaps that didn't turn out that well and the spider stopped moving. Can anyone throw any light on why it decided to live in the middle of the ceiling? How many spiders have such a death wish? Do spiders simply set up their web or living space and then wait and wait or do they normally move on to search for food after a while? DW