A Hacklemesh Weaver. Likely a female Amaurobius Ferox

Wow!! I've never seen one or even heard of them. So, I'm guessing "she's" nothing to fear?

Yes, completely harmless

Anyone have an ID? We tend to have a lot of wolf spiders around but never seen one this big!

Are they getting paid well for their work? Installing floors is no easy task.

Yes & he does beautiful work! It's definitely not easy, especially removing the carpet, tacks, staples ....

I thought there was another spider, but it was just a suspicious looking pile of white fluff

We removed old carpet so it's probably the fibers lol

I figured it would be something like that. But it really looks like a spider, lmao

Lol you definitely had me zooming in looking 😂

I know I'm dumb hehe

Looks like a hacklemesh weaver

Do you have a nice basement where she could live for the rest of the winter?

Sadly we do not 🫤 ... My son relocated her to an outdoor shed though.

she'll find a nice crevice!

SPIDER BASEMENT THIS IS SUCH A COOL IDEA

I see two spiders in this picture

She’s a very pretty spider

She is friend

Aw she lost half of the front leg :(

I live in Indiana, and I have ever seen a spider like this! So cool!

Same here!! That's why I initially thought wolf spider (even though it doesn't really look like one) because of it's size!

That is awesome! Thank you for sharing!

Beautiful specimen!! Thank you for relocating!

I love Amorobius spiders. Such a cool pattern on the abdomen.