This isn't exactly a garden question, but it is about insects. I live in Eagan, and there was a spider about the size of a quarter in my basement last night. I managed to get a picture of it. I posted the picture on Facebook and asked if anybody knew what kind of spider it was, and they all said it was a brown recluse. Now, I know brown recluse spiders aren't indigenous to Minnesota, but I did read about the one reported incident. Unfortunately, the picture isn't high enough quality to see if there is a dark fiddle pattern on it's back. I had seen it once before when I picked up a shirt that was on the floor, that hadn't been moved in a few weeks. It immediately ran very fast and I had gone to step on it. When I lifted my foot it looked like it was dead, but it all of a sudden got up and ran under the couch. That was about a week ago. When I saw it last night, it was on the wall of the basement after I had turned the light on. Remembering how fast it was, I decided not to try and squish it. Instead, I vacuumed it up. My question is, do you think it was in fact, a brown recluse, or was it something else? If so, what type of spider matches that description? Thank you for your time.