I live in northern Utah and came across this thing I think is a spider. It is not a good photo as I only had my cell phone, it was probably two inches long. The back part has black and yellow stripes then there is a yellowish area and a red smooth head (?) and had pretty large fangs. Thanks so much for your help!
better image of the spider (?)
The images would not enlarge, but as I could only make out six legs, I'm going to guess that this most likely is an insect known as a Jerusalem cricket (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae) - see http://www.entsoc.org/pubs/periodicals/ae/ae-2005/Fall/Stoffolano.pdf and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_cricket
