ID Spider from a pack of bananas at work

newcastle, United Kingdom

I found this spider in some bananas at morrisons where i work and need help identifying it.
Incase the pic isn't clear it's light brown with a blackish body with a lighter brown stripe down it.
About 1.5 centimeters long from tip of head to tip of abdomen.
Legs are a stripy brown/black and light brown.
Quite aggressive.

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Sinks Grove, WV

This spider does not appear to be anything that would be dangerous from a human health standpoint. It might even be a wolf spider, but I cannot see diagnostic features (such as eye pattern and spinnerets) necessary to be confident of at least family identification

newcastle, United Kingdom

Thanks, i'll take some more photo's to see if that helps. I was hoping it would be a member or the wandering spider family.

newcastle, United Kingdom

Here's one

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newcastle, United Kingdom

And another

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Sinks Grove, WV

I still cannot see the eye pattern clearly - the principal difference between wolf spider (Lycosidae) eyes and wandering spider (Ctenidae) eyes is that wolf spiders have four small eyes in the lowest row - see http://tinyurl.com/ngpsmx and wandering spiders have but two - see http://tinyurl.com/nlxhky. Also, the anterior median eyes of wolf spiders are greatly enlarged relative to those in the lower row.

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