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	The Hobo Spider - information, pictures and links
		Sometimes the hobo spider is called the aggressive house spider.
		A Hobo spider is quite fast which often is mistaken as aggressive behavior.
		Hobo spiders constructs snares, which is horizontal web usually found in a crack between bricks or under stones or vegetation.
	venomous-spiders.nanders.dk /tegenariaagrestis.htm (553 words)

	Hobo Spider
		Hobo spiders are brown in color and have no distinct rings on their legs, and they are covered in short hairs.
		However, when a hobo spider is tending to their eggsacs they tend to become even more aggressive and at that point they may attack a human.
		The hobo spider bite is not considered to be fatal, however the spider’s venom is strong enough to cause local pain and also to cause tissue death at and near the bite.
	www.badspiderbites.com /hobo-spider.php (3064 words)

	Straight Dope Staff Report: How likely are poisonous spider bites?
		I did this because I was skeptical of dangerous spiders around these parts (I live 30 miles east of Seattle) as we dwell thousands of miles away from the range of the brown recluse and the fl widow (reportedly the only dangerous spiders in the U.S.).
		In regard to hobo bites, new research HAS NOT duplicated the original experiments showing that the hobo spider has a poisonous venom that is capable of causing necrosis.
		The problem is that with EVERY spider that is deemed "dangerous," there is a public overreaction to the situation based on fears of the unknown and arachnophobia.
	www.straightdope.com /mailbag/mspiderbites.html (1218 words)

	Hobo Spider Management Guidelines--UC IPM
		Hobo spiders have been reported to have a bite that can leave a necrotic (i.e., rotting flesh) wound that progresses over several days—similar to that caused by a brown recluse bite.
		In its native European habitat, the hobo spider venom is not considered poisonous to humans.
		Therefore, until a study is done with a series of verified bites of hobo spiders in humans resulting in skin lesions, it is more sensible to question the potential of hobo spider to cause skin lesions rather than to make the mistake of emphatically stating that it is a dangerous spider.
	www.ipm.ucdavis.edu /PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7488.html (1905 words)

	HOBO SPIDER
		Spiders are predators which feed on insects and most of the time are quite beneficial to our environment.
		Outdoors, the spiders webs and eggs will be under logs and boards, in piles of junk, bricks, blocks, lumber, or firewood, among disused yard furniture or tarps, in trash bins, outdoor stairwells, window frames and wells, porch super structures and ventilation structures.
		Spider control is a process to reduce interior sightings.100% control usually is difficult to achieve because spiders can walk over the top of a surface that has been treated with insecticide and not accumulate sufficient amounts to affect them.
	www.bug-guy.com /Hobo.htm (953 words)

	CPCS: Spider Bites
		Spiders generally prefer to live in undisturbed areas such as corners of the house or the eaves or in the garden where they can catch insects in peace.
		Spider experts across the state agree that the true brown recluse spider does NOT live in California, but is native to Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma and Mississippi.
		Spider bites by this spider are becoming recognized more often in California, which may be due to the fact that the spider is becoming better known.
	www.calpoison.org /public/spiders.html (2229 words)

	!! All Natural Pest Elimination - spiders - Control Bugs Naturally - exterminators medford ashland portland eugene ...
		Spider venom poisoning constitutes a disease state characterized by a set of signs (observable physical or objective evidence of disease) and symptoms (complaints that the bite victim relays to the physician, etc.), which lead to the diagnosis of spider envenomation.
		For example, poisoning by the widow spiders (genus Latrodectus) is termed latrodectism, while poisoning by the recluse spiders (genus Loxosceles) is known as loxoscelism; thus, poisoning caused by the hobo spider, Tegenaria agrestis, may be properly termed tegenarism.
		In the case of the hobo spider, not only is positive species identification important, but so is a determination of the spiders sex and age; these factors can help predict the severity of potential poisoning, and assist the attending physician in charting a course of treatment.
	www.nobuggy.com /spiders_in_oregon.html (3021 words)

	Mountain Bluebird Products Co. - Hobo Spider Information
		The Hobo Spider, Tegenaria agrestis, is a moderately large spider of the family Agelenidae which is indigenous to western Europe that was introduced into the northwestern United States (Port of Seattle) sometime before the 1930's.
		In its native Europe the hobo spider is a resident of fields, rarely entering human habitations due to the presence of major competitors, particularly the giant house spider, Tegenaria gigantea, which is a common resident of houses and other man-made structures in Europe ; thus, human contacts with the hobo spider are uncommon in Europe.
		Hobo Spiders are best controlled by using the Spider Elimination Kits inside to catch spiders on the move.
	www.family-protection.com /hobo_information.html (1126 words)

	Hobo spider at AllExperts
		The spider's venom is strong enough to cause considerable local pain and also to cause tissue death (necrosis) at and near the bite.
		A toxicology study on rabbits (wherein venom was harvested from the hobo spider and injected into the rabbits) produced necrotic lesions, and there have been numerous documented cases where suspected hobo spider bites produced similar symptoms in humans.
		However, it is by no means certain that the hobo spider deserves its reputation as an aggressive and venomous spider (its nickname, "aggressive house spider," came from a misinterpretation of the Latin name Agrestis, which means rural, literally 'of the fields,' and is unrelated to aggression).
	en.allexperts.com /e/h/ho/hobo_spider.htm (1405 words)

	HoboSpider.com- Poisonous Hobo Spider and Brown Recluse Spider Information and Big H Spider Traps.
		Hobo Spiders are brown and measure roughly 12 to 18 mm in length.
		Brown Recluse Spiders have bite effects and symptoms that are nearly identical to Hobo Spiders.
		Because the Brown Recluse Spider is known more throughout the general population, they had been, and still are today, wrongfully accused of the insidious effects of Hobo Spider bites.
	www.hobospider.com /hobospider/info (786 words)

	Hobo Spider
		The Hobo spider has a distinctive web that is horizontal and flat with a funnel at one end.
		Their bites have often been confused with the brown recluse; therefore, public awareness of the hobo spider is low.
		In the case of a hobo spider, not only is the species important, but the sex and age of the spider are equally important to predict severity of potential poisoning and assist the physician in planning a course of treatment.
	www.camelspiders.net /hobo-spider.htm (730 words)

	ODA Plant Division The Hobo Spider
		Like the brown recluse, the hobo spider is large (up to 4-5 cm in diameter, including legs) and brown, but it is much more likely to attack when provoked or threatened.
		The hobo spider was apparently introduced from Europe earlier this century, and was first reported in Seattle in 1936.
		The effects of hobo spider bites are similar to those of the brown recluse spider.
	www.oregon.gov /ODA/PLANT/ippm_spider.shtml (1206 words)

	Hobo Spider
		The domestic spider is the most commonly encountered spider in your house and is the smallest spider of the three (less than a ½” in body length).
		The sternal pattern (markings on the underside of the cephlothorax) of hobo’s have a light tan center with dark bands on the sides where the legs join (while domestic and giant spiders have small circles on the sides).
		Now the giant spider population is increasing, while the hobo spider is decreasing in frequency of occurrence.
	whatcom.wsu.edu /ag/homehort/pest/hobo.html (998 words)

	Hobo Spider Information - The Hobo Spider is one of the most dangerously venomous spiders in the U.S.
		Most poisonous spider bites in the western half of the USA are due to the Hobo spider.
		The Hobo spider has a three-year life cycle and is more active during its mating months of June to late October, when the males enter homes and other structures looking for nesting females.
		Many assumptions about the Hobo Spider based on the behavior characteristics of its European cousin, simply have not turned out to be the case at all with the Americanized Hobo Spider.
	www.spidertrap.com /hobo_spider_information.htm (1310 words)

	ARACHNOLOGY - HOBO SPIDER
		Lookalike spiders have experts stymied A second test on a spider found in an Acadia apartment complex have concluded the crawler is a Giant House Spider and not the venomous Hobo Spider.
		Spider Bites, Confused The bite of the aggressive house spider in Montana is being confused with that of the brown recluse spider.
		An approach to spider bites Erroneous attribution of dermonecrotic lesions to brown recluse or hobo spider bites in Canada.
	www.arachnology.be /pages/Hobo.html (350 words)

	Hobo Spiders by Jim Cornish, Gander, Newfoundland Canada
		The hobo spider was introduced to the pacific northwest of the USA from Europe and was first identified in Seattle in 1930.
		The hobo spider, Tegenaria agrestis, is a European immigrant that has only recently (1980s) been implicated as a potentially poisonous spider in the United States.
		All spiders are venomous and use their venom as a means of prey capture and not defense, unlike bees and wasps.
	www.stemnet.nf.ca /CITE/spidershobo.htm (323 words)

	Spider Myths: The dreaded boxing gloves!
		Again, hobo spiders do make a funnel web, but that is a characteristic of the entire spider family Agelenidae, with numerous species; even some non-agelenids make funnel-like webs; so the funnel does not mean hobo spider.
		As with most spiders, a naked-eye view is simply not enough to identify a hobo spider.
		"Hobo spider" (from its common occurrence along railroad tracks and spread along transportation corridors) is the authorized common name.
	www.washington.edu /burkemuseum/spidermyth/myths/hobo.html (648 words)

	Brown Recluse Spider
		The brown recluse belongs to a group of spiders that is officially known as the "recluse spiders" in the genus Loxosceles (pronounced lox-sos-a-leez).
		These spiders are also commonly referred to as "fiddleback" spiders or "violin" spiders because of the violin-shaped marking on the top surface of the cephalothorax (fused head and thorax).
		The lesion from a brown recluse spider bite is a dry, blue-gray or blue-white, irregular sinking patch with ragged edges and surrounding redness--termed the "red, white, and blue sign." The lesion usually is 1½ inches by 2¾ inches or smaller.
	ohioline.osu.edu /hyg-fact/2000/2061.html (1894 words)

	Hobo Spider
		The domestic spider is the most commonly encountered spider in your house and is the smallest spider of the three (less than a ½” in body length).
		The sternal pattern (markings on the underside of the cephlothorax) of hobo’s have a light tan center with dark bands on the sides where the legs join (while domestic and giant spiders have small circles on the sides).
		Now the giant spider population is increasing, while the hobo spider is decreasing in frequency of occurrence.
	www.whatcom.wsu.edu /ag/homehort/pest/hobo.html (998 words)

	Eliminate Hobo, Brown Recluse, and other Indoor Spiders!
		When venom from a Hobo Spider or a Brown Recluse Spider is injected, the victim will usually experience an immediate redness around the bite that begins to disappear within a few hours.
		If the bite is delivered in fatty tissue, the lesion may be very deep and extensive and not heal for two or three years.
		In extreme cases where the bite was not taken care of early, skin graft, amputation, and the possibility of bone marrow failure may occur.
	www.spiderexpert.com (396 words)

	Hobo Spider Up Date
		Southern Iowa is the furthest northern territory of the Brown Recluse Spider.
		The giant spider is a fierce competitor (and sometimes a predator) of the hobo spider and will keep hobo spiders out of its territory.
		Even though I am confident that the occurrences of hobo spiders are on the decrease in households, spiders should be handled with caution regardless of the species.
	whatcom.wsu.edu /ag/homehort/pest/hobo2.htm (947 words)

	HoboSpider.com- Poisonous Hobo Spider and Brown Recluse Spider Information and Big H Spider Traps. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Hobo Spiders are brown and measure roughly 12 to 18 mm in length.
		Brown Recluse Spiders have bite effects and symptoms that are nearly identical to Hobo Spiders.
		Because the Brown Recluse Spider is known more throughout the general population, they had been, and still are today, wrongfully accused of the insidious effects of Hobo Spider bites.
	www.hobospider.net /info (801 words)

	Spiders, Recluse Spiders, Spider Control, Spider Trap
		Since fl widow, brown recluse, and Hobo spiders are of primary importance in human environments, their identification is essential.
		Spiders are predators, paralyzing or killing their pry with venom.
		The key to control is the timely mechanical removal of spiders and webs, but especially the egg sacs with a vacuum, both inside and outside; seal and dispose of the bag immediately.
	www.critterridders.com /spiders.htm (1301 words)

	Spider Bites - Hobo Spider, Black Widow and Brown Recluse Spider
		All three house spiders originated in Europe where, interestingly, the hobo spider is not considered to be poisonous.
		As with hobo spiders be cautious when working around woodpiles or undisturbed debris in areas where widow spiders occur.
		Widow spiders tend to occur in out-of-the-way places in outbuildings and crawlspaces so be cautious there as well.
	www.livingwithbugs.com /spiders.html (843 words)

	Aggressive House or Hobo Spider
		The Hobo or the Aggressive House Spider is a funnel-web spider, meaning they construct flat webs which have a funnel shaped retreat at one end.
		Unlike the hobo spider, which resembles this spider, the domestic house spider does not have a dangerous bite.
		In addition to sanitation measures, utilize the incorporation of glue board spider traps for the capture and elimination of foraging spiders.
	www.pestcontrolsupplies.com /HoboSpider.htm (817 words)

	Entomology - Hobo Spider ID project
		In contrast, the hobo spider is a large, generic looking brown spider that is easily mistaken for other large brown spiders such as wolf spiders, amaurobiid spiders and closely related funnel web spiders.
		The only way to be 100% sure you have a hobo spider is to compare its genitalia to the original scientific drawings because these structures are specific to each species whereas coloration can vary greatly within one species and overlap with several other species.
		Send as many as you wish to have identified because in places where they have the gigantic house spider, the hobo spider still does exist but at a lower frequency so if you only send one or two, that doesn't mean that you don't have hobo spiders.
	spiders.ucr.edu /hobospiderid.html (669 words)

	Bite of the Hobo Spider \| Health & Medicine \| DISCOVER Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The spider she found crushed within her clothing was a hobo spider,
		The hobo spider first appeared in the United States sometime before the 1930s.
		But in North America the hobo spider can often be found in cities and has made its presence known in ways its European experience never suggested.
	www.discover.com /issues/sep-05/features/bite-of-the-hobo-spider (583 words)

	Spider Myths: Home
		Spiders "suck the juices" of their prey, and do not literally eat it.
		The spider you found has to be a species you've already heard of.
		Spiders in the home are a danger to children and pets.
	www.washington.edu /burkemuseum/spidermyth/index.html (841 words)

	"Hobo" Spider-Tegenaria agrestis - Tegenaria agrestis - BugGuide.Net
		This is the famous (or infamous, perhaps) spider found commonly in the Pacific Northwest that is causing widespread panic due to the belief that its venom is similar in toxicity to the brown recluse.
		Spider ID The only way to be sure would be having a specimen examined by an experienced individual (local agriculture extensions are a good bet).
		Hobo spiders will not have any obvious banding on the legs, although they are not the only spider that lacks bands.
	www.bugguide.net /node/view/13441/bgpage (491 words)

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