The spider was bigger than some of the field mice I've pulled out of my pool. It was ENORMOUS! Not to mention they're about the same color.

Most of the wolf spiders around here are about the size of a quarter to a half dollar size, but in the last couple weeks we've seen very large ones. I also found another weird bug by my front door, that I'll have to post pics of later. (I've got to go get ready for my kid's soccer games but I needed my morning bp.net fix)