What kind of spider could this be? Please help!?

Question

My Mom just informed me that yesterday while she was here watching my kids she killed a HUGE spider in my kitchen (yes, comforting, I know). I'm so freaked out now as I have a little one who crawls everywhere and am wondering if it could be poisonous. I don't have a picture unfortunately, but my Mom described it to be "as large as or larger than a silver dollar" and it was brown and fat and hairy and had a cream colored stripe down the center of it's back. If it helps, I'm located in south central VA. Please help!

Answer 1

Closest I can think of is a kind of fishing spider, /Pisaurina mira/.

Compare;

http://bugguide.net/node/view/2919

Like most spiders, they are not dangerous.  In fact, I might have been bitten by one when I was boating and dragging my hand in the water.  I felt a sting in my hand and saw the spider swim away on the top of the water, probably scooped it up accidentally and made it panic.  The bite left a little bump that lasted a day or two, and didn't really hurt.

Answer 2

I am not sure but you should check out these sites, to be sure.

http://www.spideridentification.org/

http://www.arachnology.be/pages/Pictures...

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