Landscape Design Questions About Images Of Front Yards

What kind of spider is hanging in front of my house?

I live in northern Houston, and in my front yard there's a huge spider web with a tiny yellow spider in the center. It looks distinctively like a crab, with a circular yellow body and with black triangular shapes on the sides (two on each side, and two on the top.) The yellow part also has black spots on it.

I was thinking this might be a Texas crab spider, but the google image searches all bring back normal-looking spiders, not crab-looking spiders. If you see it up close, first impression is that it's a small, yellow crab.

Any ideas?
It isn't a babana spider, but thanks for the idea. I honestly have no idea what it is. I'm keeping my distance though.

Do I have a new evolutional species of flying ants in my front yard? (with pics)?

I have the most disgusting ant colony in my front yard's picket fence. Jesus christ they are so ugly! makes me itch all over.

Please someone tell me what they are! And is it good to get rid of them, more importantly, HOW?

as promised, here are links to the pics.

http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/3020/collagenw2.jpg

We looked out the window, onto the front yard and saw...?

A GUINEA PIG! Or at least, that's what we think it is. It's too big to be a mouse, and too small to be a groundhog. It hides in the bushes when cars pass by, but comes out to eat grass once they've passed. We were wondering what it is. Is it a rare wild animal, will it harm our lawn, or is it a lost pet? We live in a suburban town about 35 miles southwest of Chicago, if that helps.
This is kind of what it looks like, except it's a larger, fatter, and less shaggy:

http://www.freefoto.com/images/01/24/01_24_1---Guinea-Pig_web.jpg

Can you give any information on what it might be?
WE DON'T HAVE ANY PETS!!!

What would you rather have in your FRONT yard?

1) A basketball court with the best baskets and best basketballs and an awesome scoreboard and a robot referee that never misses a call.
2) A Ferrari and a Lambourghini
3) A baseball mound with a robot catcher and a projector showing the strike zone and a big screen showing how fast your pitch was and it also comes with a pitching machine that will pitch exactly as fast as you want and can pitch curveballs, changeups, sliders, etc.
4) A bunch of those 3-D chalk drawings on the driveway (like: http://media.moddb.com/images/members/1/301/300492/Awesome_3d_chalk_drawing.jpg)
5) A lawn mower/snowblower that cuts the grass and gets rid of the snow all by itself so you never have to do it again.

Why does my dog not pay attention to tv but goes crazy for monitor?

My dog does not pay any attention to my lcd hd TV but I have a regular old analog hooked up to security cameras and when he see's anything he barks like crazy. Is he aware what the image is of? He also does not listen to the phone either...he could care less just like the security cctv monitor of the front yard and door.