Insect and Spider Identification: CLOSED: Should I be concerned?, 1 by NewGdner

NewGdner wrote:
Yeah, I was too afraid to get any closer. I hate bugs, especially ticks but I love being outside. It's nice to know what to avoid. It was using its two front legs, which I thought were claws at first and when I poked it with a long stick (to see if it had a hard shell), it gracefully hopped out of the pressure of the stick. It was in my front yard in US, Tennessee (zone 8) and it had just rained. It was hanging out on a piece of concrete when it felt threatened by my presence and slid off of it. I couldn't tell you how many legs it had. We've never had a flea or tick problem in our yard so I just snapped a quick picture and ran away from the tree I was under. =) Thank you for your info!