Can anyone ID this spider
I did a bunch of googling and came up empty
the body was maybe .75 inches, and from legspan maybe pushing 2 inches.

the ants just happened to be there where he ran to when i spooked him, they were not spider victims.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c199/Zac_S/13103de7-374f-4d8c-aaa9-fa21d06891cf.jpg

How about this: Nursery Web Spider | Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/adamantine/6136998463/in/set-72157605838209571)

bunches of web spider pics:
https://www.google.com/search?q=nursery+web+spiders&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=WAitUY2BOpb_4AO65oC4Ag&sqi=2&ved=0CDUQsAQ&biw=1735&bih=889

I am not an entomologist, nice sight for bug pictures but wish it were more orgnaized: Insects & Spiders of New England - a set on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/adamantine/sets/72157605838209571/page1/)

2X - Looks like a nursery web spider.

it sure looks that way. the nursery web spider didn't come up when I searched. Thanks guys!