Usually pretty good with spider identification. The eye placement has me tweaking on this one. Found near O'Hare airport drowning in my sinkwater. I was rinsing equipment that had been used to bushwack in the south suburbs off trail. Several ticks had gone down the drain. I took this little guy out and put it on my arrowhead ivy plant I have hanging in my window. I want to put it back outside into an environment best suited to this spider, as I always do. Usually just outside my house. I cannot for the life of me ID this little bugger. I've considered sac spiders, wolf and other ground spiders, crab spiders (eye placement) and even perhaps a fishing spider but again the eye placement is off. I was in a relatively swampy area when hiking but alas, no. Here are the best photos I can muster. Spider found in Bensenville, IL, hiking occured in Palos Hills, IL. Thank you.
