...........................The afar bit is quite important.
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So next is to get closer, and closer, and closer. Then poke one - gently and slowly. Just get it to move.
You cannot seriously be scared of money-spiders????? They are still (very small) spiders.
Been there - one day I realised the taught arachnophobia was total lunacy in the UK, so taught myself otherwise. The only things to be afraid of in the UK are domestic livestock, of pretty much all forms.