Seriously just about had a heart attack..

[Kristy]

So I am doing the dishes.. I see something move in the sink. Instinctively I grab it, thinking its a cricket. I always find them in the sink, and I give them to my dog.. she loves crickets.

Anyway I open my hand...

"Holy (use your imagination) "
I throw it back in the sink.

Now I am not afraid of spiders, big spiders, little spiders, I am not even afraid of black widows after the one I caught last year. I realized they aren't really attack spiders lol.

These things I am terrified of, they see you walking and as soon as you notice them they charge at you. You can't feel them bite (not sure if I was, I feel fine) and they are just evil little beings.

[LadyOhh]

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwww

What the hell is that?

[Patrick Long]

oh thats gross

[Michelle.C]

Looks like a species of Agelenidae (grass funnel web spider) or Lycosidae (wolf spider). Neither are medically signficant.

I tend to lean towards it being a Grass Spider, seeing as Wolf bites can be painful (not harmful), and Wolf Spiders are generally non-aggressive.

It's cute, but I would have probably been freaked out too.

[blackcrystal22]

Yeah, I don't think it's a wolf spider. They tend to get a bit bigger than that too.
I just have to watch out for brown recluses around here. D:

[littleindiangirl]

Eww, I'm not that nice, and would have smooshed it the second I knew what it was. Spiders are fine as long as they aren't on me or in my bedroom.

[dr del]

Hi,

Is it a little male out looking for some luvin?


dr del

[Kristy]

Yeah nasty little creatures they are.

Its actually a male Hobo Spider Tegenaria agrestis

They are highly aggressive and venomous/ or is it poisonous for spiders? Not sure lol.

I have been bit before and it literally eats a hole in your flesh. Mine wasn't too bad. I had some swelling, lots of redness and then it blistered and broke open and oozed. I had a hole in my arm for a long time. Now you can barely even see the scar anymore.

I felt like absolute crap for about 2 days, almost like I had the flu, but worse.

Here is a link, they are mostly in the Northwest I think. Experts seem to think they were brought over from Europe through shipping and landed in Seattle, then moved west from there.

http://hobospider.com/info/index.html

[Kristy]

Hi,

Is it a little male out looking for some luvin?


dr del

Yup lol Sure is. They are coming out earlier this year. Its been colder than normal. Usually we start seeing them during Sept/Oct. inside the house.

[ChicaPiton519]

i saw a bigger one in my room once... i threw my shoe at it lol