Hi Elizabeth, It appears to be a Brown Recluse Spider to me. Or Commonly the Fiddle-Back.Add me Ken

I believe that's a Mighty Bean tangled in some string. [http://www.mightybeanz.com/]

2 body segments=arachnid/spider. 3 body segs=insect. If WL-spider then has non-red carapace on back.

My best guess is that it's some kind of ant.

I don't see 8 legs, pedipalps or chelicerae. Not the best pic & parts can be lost in crushing but thinking it's not a spider. Do you live near a U with an entomology dept?

Think this is it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodlouse_spider

And that has officially heebied my geebies for the day. Thanks. Ew.

i agree with AKGlasson. Woodlouse spider. I get them a good bit at home.

Eww are you sure its not a bed bug or something?

Not a pretty spider (while, say, Black Widows are elegant and fabulous). You needn't worry~

It looks like a Woodlouse spider... search google images, it's the closest I thing I could find :)

if it has six legs it is an insect. If it has eight legs it is a spider :-)

That's the best kind of toilet paper :)

hummmmmm red and scary!!!

@elizadushku i agree with louse spider...not harmful to humans...except the ick factor! BTW thx for the heebee jeebees lol

THIS is a spider: http://www.wizards-of-oz.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/huntsman.jpg #aussie

Also that's not spider...

Could be a Cicurina found similar pics here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/236713

no idea what it is, but living in Brown Recluse country i KNOW that it's not one of them.

Bon appétit ! :p Is it Bear Grylls last lunch ?