What are the largest spiders in Indiana?

[PanzoN88]

I am curious because my mother found a large spider in her basement (sadly she killed it instead of calling me to go and get it in order to bring it back home with me).

 

[tewebag]

Could be anything from a cellar spider to a common house spider. From my personal experience (not saying everyone is like this) females who are not in the hobby tend to over exaggerate the size of spiders.

I lived in north west Indiana for 12 years and never saw anything large there

 

[loxoscelesfear]

Large spiders occasionally found in Indiana homes: dark fishing spider, Dolomedes tenebrosus, and large wolf spider species, i.e., Tigrosa aspersa, T. georgicola, and T. helluo.