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12-12-2006, 12:02 PM
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Hobo Spider
One way to get a tummy tuck,,kinda scary
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16160932/
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12-12-2006, 12:15 PM
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Hello,
I wanna see a "hobo" trap!
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12-12-2006, 01:32 PM
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I'm curious too, what is a hobo trap, and what does it look like. I have never seen a spider trap that actually works
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12-12-2006, 02:30 PM
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I researched them a bit when I had some Hobo spiders living around my apartment. Here is a link to the spider traps I looked into.
http://www.hobospider.com/traps/
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12-12-2006, 05:00 PM
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So it is like those sticky mouse traps you can get. I'm glad we don't have hobo's in MI.
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12-12-2006, 05:45 PM
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Oh yeah, hobos are pretty cool little spiders  They look a lot like the lesser house spider too (a harmless species, Tegenaria domestica) because they're in the same genus ( Tegenaria agrestis for hobos). Their bite doesn't always cause such extensive necrosis though, so this woman had a severe reaction. Still, they're obviously dangerous. Interestingly, they're only native to Europe, but were introduced to the western US. I'll wind up getting one eventually 
Hobo spider (female)
http://www.srv.net/~dkv/hobospider/femhobo.jpg
Lesser "domestic" house spider (female)
http://canadianarachnology.dyndns.or..._domestica.jpg
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12-12-2006, 05:48 PM
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kinda scary, glad there not around my neck of the woods.
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12-12-2006, 07:27 PM
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Yes, if they lived here, I think my phobia would get the better of me, and I might kill spiders I find in the house. I mostly either leave them be or put them outside. (I figure they catch all the escaped crickets, lol.)
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