Hey Bob,
Thanks for the hack, I will use this over the other one I was using
One problem though, on the forumhome page when the number of spiders is greater than 1, it still displays "spider" rather than "spiders" (see attached screenshot).
Oh, one other thing, you may want to use my new spider list service to grab your spiders, as my list has more spiders on it, and it is more current (link in my signature)
Mosh.
PS: I also added your hack as a recommended hack to display spiders in my spider list FAQ