It would be very helpful to know WHERE you live, Timothy Lewis. This is definitely a burrowing spider of some sort, but knowing where you live will help narrow things down. It appears to be a Lycosid(wolf spider), though I can't see enough of its "face" to determine if it's a true spider or a Mygalamorph, the primitive group of spiders that includes tarantulas. Knowing where you live can rule out the latter, since the range of Mygalamorphs with this coloration is limited in the US.

Hi, they look like cabbage worms (but could be rose slugs too). I would try BT on the leaves. You can get it premixed in a hand sprayer or a concentrated formula that you mix yourself and pour into a spray bottle. Spray it on the leaves every 2 weeks (or right after a rain). It's toxic to any caterpillars or worms that are eating the leaves and leaves everything else alone. I use it to keep skeletonizers off my grape vines and it works great.

Thank you. Interesting, I just read this, "All terrestrial leeches (Haemadipsidae) are blood feeders and feed mostly on warm-blooded vertebrates" http://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/TFI/start%20key/key/Annelida%20key/Media/HTML/Arhynchobdellida.html

Blonde elk are unusual but do exist. They have ruffs around the neck. Albino moose are getting more common in the northern states. Adolescent moose have disporportionately long front legs until they grow into them.