Loved insects and crawdads and flowers and lizards and.... LOL
The only spiders I truly like are the golden orbs—they’re big, you can see them, and they pretty much stay put!
I also bought fly parasites. I only had to buy these one season to see a difference in my garden:
http://www.biconet.com/flies/FC3.html
We have a big spider called a ‘sun spider’ that I leave alone if he does not get too close to me.
The long legs and black widows, get smashed.