need help cant tell if this is a brown recluse, i live in the place and have found two one on the wal and one on the floor, dont know where their webs are and dont know what to do.
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Definitely not a brown recluse (Michigan is hundreds of miles from the area where this species is endemic); it most likely is a male in the family Agelenidae (grass/funnel web spiders), looking like a Tegenaria spp. - see http://tinyurl.com/odzpdr for an example. Spiders in this genus frequently are found indoors; they are not particularly dangerous, although large specimens can deliver a painful bite if mishandled.
could it be the huntsman spider
Huntsman spiders (family Sparassidae) do not occur in Michigan; they likely do not occur north of Georgia in the eastern USA - see http://tinyurl.com/kkomuw
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