Name this spider?!

[RickF]

Ok.. While checking out the late night creatures in my front yard I ran across this thing running rapidly across my concrete walkway but couldn't get a photo til he was roaming around my wood chips so this image is far from great but is all I have. This spider was at least 2 inches long with long arms protruding out the front in front of him. It almost looked like a crawdad in body shape -- long abdomen, etc.. Never seen anything like this before..

 

[Ridgerunner]

Unless someone else on her can identify it I'd be tempted to send that photo to a university entomology department. That's unusual. Looks like a good insect predator to have around.

The closest I could come was a wolf spider but those just don't look right so no guesses from me. That dark stripe instead of white is different.

 

[flowerbug]

Ok.. While checking out the late night creatures in my front yard I ran across this thing running rapidly across my concrete walkway but couldn't get a photo til he was roaming around my wood chips so this image is far from great but is all I have. This spider was at least 2 inches long with long arms protruding out the front in front of him. It almost looked like a crawdad in body shape -- long abdomen, etc.. Never seen anything like this before..

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very unusual body shape in a spider. cannot id. first inclination was wolf spider. i doubt it is harmful, but no need to tempt fate by letting it bite you. otherwise leave it be as it will eat garden pests.

 

[Rhodie Ranch]

Do I see five legs on each side? Or are the major ones forward, antennae?

 

[Beekissed]

If I had to take a guess, I'd say a type of funnel web spider. A BIG one.

 

[digitS']

Maybe,

this one:

https://bugguide.net/node/view/6824

Steve

 

[RickF]

I'm just as stumped -- I will say that those two front "arms" never moved -- it was like they were fixed in place -- not flexible. It made it rather amusing to watch him walk thru the yard -- almost like the steering in one of those 3 wheeled motorcycles with the two front wheels and the turning occurred in the rear.

Steve -- it didn't really quite match any of the pics in your above link.. The way the legs are splayed seems different to me.. The thought of it possibly being a baby scorpion crossed my mind as they do have those out here but I've never seen one of them either...

 

[Nyboy]

Where is @Pulsegleaner he is great with bug ID

 

[Just-Moxie]

http://www.in-the-desert.com/insects.html

Sun spider! (Galeodes sp.)

https://pestrevenge.com/sun-spiders-best-ways-get-rid/

 

[Ridgerunner]

http://www.in-the-desert.com/insects.html

Sun spider! (Galeodes sp.)

https://pestrevenge.com/sun-spiders-best-ways-get-rid/

And the prize goes to....

By golly I think you nailed it!!!