Insect and Spider Identification: Costa Rica. about the size of my palm with legs stretched out, 1 by emv1031

emv1031 wrote:
Hi... I've been finding a few of these friends around my house, but have no idea what type of spider this is. I obviously don't harm them, just take them outside, regardless they keep popping up every week at different places (garage, laundry room, kitchen). I certainly don't mind them because my roaches population is nonexistent and I think it might be due to these allies, just want to make sure that I am not in as much danger as those roaches!! I live in Costa Rica, and the region where I live in is not very hot, its actually a bit chilly. They usually show up at night (although not always), I assume that because they come out to hunt?? Anyways, identifying them would be awesome.

Thank you!