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Jen4u2nv Belleville, MI Oct 08, 2010

We saw this spider last night. (Belleville, Michigan) I'm thinking it's a Tunnel Spider. Thoughts?

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CritterZone_com Shawnee Mission, KS Oct 08, 2010

It looks like that to me, a Funnel Web Spider. It's pretty small in the picture though. If you can get closer pictures, it always helps.
http://www.critterzone.com/animal-pictures-nature/arachnid-spider-funnel-web-grass-Agelenidae.htm

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Oct 11, 2010

It is difficult to be certain because of the small size of the image, but this is much more likely to be a wolf spider (family Lycosidae) than a funnel web spider (family Agelenidae).

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CritterZone_com Shawnee Mission, KS Oct 11, 2010

Lycosid - that would make sense. More likely to wonder inside.
I think what I was seeing for color on the cephalothorax had me thinking funnel web spider, but there are plenty of wolf spiders with similar color pattern as well.

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