I found a very interesting spider yesterday on my kitchen floor and am hoping someone can identify it for me. Either that or point me to a website with a spider encyclopedia or something.

At first I thought he was a tiny origami creation made out of very grainy grey-white paper. Then I noticed he had 8 appendages. Ordinarily, I am terrified of spiders, but he was so interesting that I had to stare.

I live in Madison, Wisconsin, and I didn't think too many interesting spiders lived around here. I don't know if he was actually that dusty gray-white color or if he perhaps fell into a pile of dust from some plaster. His body was the weird part. I got down on the ground to see how far he came off the floor, and he still looked like a folded piece of paper--very flat, but from the top all spread out. He was about 1.5 cm long and about 1 cm wide (legs included, which were rather thick and short). He almost looked like a giant tick in shape. Does anyone know anything about spiders? I'd like to know what kind he was. Thanks!

Naomi