[demkicker]

I'm guessing a brown recluse. You need an exterminator, quick!

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

If it is, brown recluse bites can be dangerous.

[bnelson44]

Doesn't look like a brown recluse. Does it have 6 eyes in 2 clusters of three? If not, it isn't a brown recluse.

http://entomology.unl.edu/images/spiders/spiders1.htm

[VRWCmember]

That is definitely not a brown recluse. BR's are not big and fuzzy like that one. They have essentially the same shape as a black widow but are brown with a white "fiddle" shaped marking on their backs.

Brown recluse:

Black widow:

[pillut48]

Please tell me you are joking!! =:-O

We are north of Dallas, south of Oklahoma.

I thought fiddlebacks only like dark damp places?
This part of the kitchen is near a large window and
pretty bright. The baker's rack has a grid-like shelf,
not solid, so it's pretty much open space under there.

The spider itself is about 1.5-2 inches long. I blew up the pic to see it better, so it's not quite chihuahua size like it looks, LOL.

[Bogey78O]

It's a fuzzy spider and not a sleek spider. That make a big difference. Odds are it's not poisonous since most fuzzy ones can at most cause a bad bite but carry little poison.

BTW... thisis the second "identify this spider" thread at FR.