Insect and Spider Identification: Spider ID?, 1 by towardabetterco

towardabetterco wrote:
Hi!

About an hour ago I killed a small spider with my hand, and then rubbed my eye (unintentionally, of course!) Now my eye is burning and almost swollen shut. I have a picture of him, but it's post-battle, and he's looking pretty bad. Can anyone tell what kind of spider it is? He's very small (probably about the size of a dime when alive - leg length included). I don't know if it helps but I live in northeast Missouri.

Thanks!