Seriously just about had a heart attack..

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.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...DSCF4544-1.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...DSCF4543-2.jpg

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwww

What the hell is that?

oh thats gross

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. :P

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:

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.

Hi,

Is it a little male out looking for some luvin?


dr del

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

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Originally Posted by dr del

Hi,

Is it a little male out looking for some luvin?


dr del

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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.

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