Spider or Tick

I was cutting dead leaves off a yucca stem and this crawled out.
I think its probably a spider, but it reminds me of a tick.
Any ideas.

 

I think that it's a tick

 

False Widow Spider?
False widow spiders | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)

 

Still a bit confused, looking at the false widow spider it appears to have two segments to the body, I think this only has one, the big round bit.

 

It's a tick...and it looks as though it's fed. If it crawled pretty slowly, should think that's reasonable confirmation!

 

It definitely has the markings on the abdomen of a False Widow spider and go into semi dormancy in winter so it wouldn't move much.

 

I know the feeling Stand corrected, too Pete's gone very quiet......

 

Oh, heavens! @pete check your arms and hands to see if it was you it dined on. Those ticks carry nasty stuff and quickly getting on antibiotics after being bitten really works to stop serious trouble. Well, at least over here, tnat is the drill.

 

I was asleep, that's why I've go quiet.
I've got two votes for a tick and three for a spider.
Think I will be letting it go in the morning.

 

I have a great fondness for Spiders of all shapes and sizes,..however were i to come across yours @pete i would thought it a Tic,..best be safe than sorry,..do as @CanadianLori has suggested.

Pete i just noticed we posted at the same time,..do your recount

 

Thanks I just looked further down on that link, for some reason I only looked at the top two.

 

Oh confusion reigns.

 

I'm going to give it the benefit of the doubt and let it go, I'm plumping for the noble false widow.
It would be the noble variety as we don't have any common stuff around here
Of course it might just come back and bite me on the bum whatever it is.

 

I find them in my potting shed and I just let them be. They can give you a unpleasant nip by all accounts but they're harmless enough

 

To be safe Pete I would release into next doors garden, and run!