You are probably past the rainy season though? Winter is over.
Oh, the rain should be with us a while yet, you know, "April showers" and all that. But at least we're past all the snow and ice. Had a couple bad seasons in the last few years-- February snow turns into spring runoff and the creeks rise. Then we've seen the other extreme-- a dry spell that went on for a good part of the summer, and a lot of the smaller ponds and lakes 'round here got down to the lowest of the low-water marks.
That Rarity spider is kind of cute-- I could live with those in my house. Wanna see a scary spider, now...?
Have a change of knickers at the ready....