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.

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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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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

aww it looks so pretty.. pretty enough for me to have smashed if I was in your place!! Spiders are okay when they are not in my house, near me or my kids. Hopefully you weren't bitten.

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aww it looks so pretty.. pretty enough for me to have smashed if I was in your place!! Spiders are okay when they are not in my house, near me or my kids. Hopefully you weren't bitten.

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I don't think I did. You can't feel it when they bite, but I haven't had any symptoms at all. Other than just a small red bump on the palm of my hand, but I think that was there before.

Last time I got bit I got swelling almost instantly, well within 30 minutes.

glad to hear that you are still symptom free. Keep us posted on that. Still,, eeeewwwwwwwww. I really do not like spiders near me, just gives me the willies!

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glad to hear that you are still symptom free. Keep us posted on that. Still,, eeeewwwwwwwww. I really do not like spiders near me, just gives me the willies!

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I will. These particular spiders really freak me out. I think its because they are so aggressive and actually chase you down.


At my old house, and it was an OLD house. The basement looked like it was just dug out from under neath the house. You could shine a light on our dirt driveway at night, and actually watch just tons of them marching up the driveway. Talk about creepy:O

That is most likely a Tegenaria agrestis.
they are not agressive, nor dangerous.
there have been no confirmed reports linking tegenaria agrestis venom to necrotic lesions.
Nothing to worry about though, Tegenaria are large, beautiful, and hardy spiders.
I am particularly interested in the Tegenaria genus, i have bred a few species aswell.
Hope this helped :)

cheers

Richard

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That is most likely a Tegenaria agrestis.
they are not agressive, nor dangerous.
there have been no confirmed reports linking tegenaria agrestis venom to necrotic lesions.
Nothing to worry about though, Tegenaria are large, beautiful, and hardy spiders.
I am particularly interested in the Tegenaria genus, i have bred a few species aswell.
Hope this helped :)

cheers

Richard

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I don't know, they are really aggressive here during certain parts of the year.

They also do leave lesions. I and a few others including my mom have been bitten by them and have had small lesions. My mom had hers for over a year, with a bad reaction.

Did they *SEE* the spider bite them?
Or did they wake up with a painful wound and assume it's a spider?
The lesions that were caused by a "Hobo" spider are usualy not so at all.
And if any of them WERE indeed Tegenaria agrestis bites, they were a personal reaction.
I have been bitten by this species before, with no lesions what so ever.
Not trying to be a know-it-all or anything, just trying to clear the reptutation for this beautiful species.

Cheers

Richard

looks like a common funnel/grass spider. we have a big one that was living in a shrub on the side of our house. i would catch and feed him a cricket every day. cool spider.

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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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correctomungo!

I think I would've peed my pants if I were doing the dishes and that guy decided to chill with me. I don't mind spiders, in fact, they're really cool to me, but I'm not very happy about them sneaking up on me.

Glad you're doing okay and that you probably weren't bitten.

o-m-g!!!! ewewewewew....

this is the invertebrates thread, let me check again, ya it is.... well people here might actually like inverts here, and may be offended when people say they would like to squish them...

Umm spiders like that are better under glass in a locked tank! The damage some spiders can do are unreal!