Monday, January 30, 2012

Is this a Male Hobo Spider ? Tegenaria agrestis ?

At first , I thought It was a male european garden spider, but a couple things don't match up with that. One, it's leg segments are all one color, not mixed colors like a European Garden Spider. Two, The design on it's amdomen does not have any white dots that is characterisitic of the European Garden Spider. Three, I' cant see its eyes too well, but they look like like 2 rows of 4, a hobo's eyes. I wish i had a microsope to see a better image.



It seems aggressive too. I was laying on the floor playing with my dog and out of the corner of my eye I saw a spider running on the carpet heading right for me. I quickly ran and got a jar and captured it. It almost got away. The hobo spider is around in the PNW.



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What do you think?

Is this a Male Hobo Spider ? Tegenaria agrestis ?
Apparently, the Hobo Spider is rather difficult to identify if you're not an arachnologist. Here's a pdf file that will help you rule out if it's not a Hobo. http://pep.wsu.edu/pdf/PLS116_1.pdf



Another handy website for identifying arthropods is here:

http://bugguide.net

specifically the hobo spider:

http://bugguide.net/node/view/31446


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