Spider question

[fisherman]

Any of you have any idea what kind of spider this is?

[Steve James]

Does it look like this?

http://www.desertusa.com/desert-animals ... pider.html

[cerebus]

No, it doesn't quite look like the Brown Recluse. Not sure what it is though...

[cerebus]

Probably need a better pic from directly overhead to really tell.

[Steve James]

http://www.ehow.com/how_4547848_identif ... orado.html

From the chart, looks like a hobo maybe??

[fisherman]

Here's an overhead shot.

[fisherman]

I'm thinking it may be a hobo spider.

[Steve James]

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

[cerebus]

Dayum. If it IS a Hobo, don't let it bite ya! Check out the pic of the bite on Steve's link...

[fisherman]

I generally leave the spiders alone, but I think I am going to have to do some more intensive exterminating tomorrow.
They only seem to be in the garage. They are pretty aggressive! I was messing with one with the broom and it actually charged at it! :O

[cerebus]

Bleah....

[Steve James]

They are pretty aggressive! I was messing with one with the broom and it actually charged at it! :O

Sometimes hobos are known as "aggressive" house spiders. That's apparently a mistranslation of their Latin name. However, cerebus is right; avoid getting bit whichever species it is.

[Michael]

Just call it a lazy nob and smite it with Sting.

[Michael]

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00042059.htm

Case 3. In late January 1988, a 56-year-old resident of Spokane, Washington, was bitten by a "bug" on her right thigh. Within 24 hours, she developed a severe headache, nausea, and altered mentation. Although symptoms persisted, she did not seek medical attention until February 16, 1988, when she began to bleed from her ears and other orifices. She was admitted to a hospital with a diagnosis of aplastic anemia, pancytopenia, and thrombocytopenia. An eschar on her leg was consistent with necrosis from a spider bite. Despite transfusion therapy, the patient developed severe internal hemorrhage and died in early March 1988. T. agrestis spiders were abundant along railroad tracks adjacent to the patient's home during an inspection of the patient's neighborhood of residence.

[fisherman]

Yep. Plan on staying out of the jaws of these little monsters!!