Name of a black spider with 3 yellow dots on it's back(Not a jumping spider).?

Question

I live in Colorado Springs, CO and recently found a spider in my refrigerator that looked like a tarantula. Large thick body, thick legs, very hairy. It was black and had 3 yellow dots on it's back. It was about the size of a nickel. I've seen a lot of jumping spiders and it definitly wasn't one. I believe it may have traveled with fruit given that it was alive in the fridge. Or it could have just wandered in while the door was open. Anyone have any idea what type of spider it was. I can't find any pics of it on the net.

Answer 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_gard...  Did it look like this?

I looked around on google and I got this link....

http://bugguide.net/node/view/15740  Click on the picture of a spider and then to images.  Maybe you can see if you can match it.  From what I've read, it sounds like a jumping spider, but it's hard for even experts to identify spider solely based on the description.  If you have a picture, I think you can upload to this site.

Answer 2

It sounds like a big jumping spider (they can get 3/4 inch), maybe like this one: http://images.whatsthatbug.com/images/ju...

Answer 3

Try these sites -

http://www.spideridentification.org/

http://www.badspiderbites.com/spider-ide...