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Originally Posted by Infinite_Loser
Besides, most spiders (Except for tarantulas, wolf spiders and maybe huntsmen) have really poor eyesight and couldn't tell if you were nearby until you get REALLY close to them (Basically, you'll see it way before it sees you).
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Interesting note about their poor eyesight: I was taking some macro shots like this one:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/zuiun/958769006/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1045/958769006_2fb4c28c48.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Welcome to my web" /></a>
For one of my shots, I have a nice focus when all of the sudden, the spider vanishes. I've had this happen before and usually it's a case of my lens bumping the web, spooking the spider, and he vanishes down his hole. I thought that's what happened in this one case. However, when I took my face away from the camera, I realized that instead the spider must have caught sight of his reflection in the lens, because he had rushed up to it, tried to bite it, and was posturing defensively right up against it. I actually had to clean the lens off from a small smudge where he tried to bite it.
Now, I do have to say that this sounds quite a bit more "too close for comfort" than it really was. My macro rig literally places the end of the lens quite a distance from my face:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/zuiun/1701602377/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2283/1701602377_aa022dd308_m.jpg" width="234" height="240" alt=""The Rig"" /></a>