BEARS DEN INVADED!!

[Dave Bugg]

I gotta find out if they can be obtained in eastern Washington State.

[boorite]

No, hobo spiders are considered "moderately large" (up to 18mm), and if I saw them in my house, I would feel justified in typing BIG in all caps. They are also now the leading cause of serious envenomation in the northwestern United States. Brown recluse get about 2/3 as large. Since "BIG" is vague and subjective, I do not consider this "a lot of information." Even with a specimen in hand, it is usually very difficult to identify the species. I don't think anyone can confidently say what these spiders are or aren't, given the OP.

[boorite]

PS: The largest recorded brown recluse was almost 3".

[Dave Bugg]

This is what I just found in the bedroom:

[Troy]

from the picture I saw and the one that ran across the wall shortly there after and the webs on the windows, I'd be willing to wager they are hobo's. I'm going to try to get a good picture of one. ( shutterbug in me.) Course I could just turn the webcam on and let'r run LOL

Troy

boorite wrote:

[Troy]

That gives me goose bumps just thinking about it. I once wanted to photograph a trantula that was walking down the road... he was moving quickly and I ASSUMED that was full speed for him as for a spider he was flat moving! so I laid down on the road to use the road as my tripod, got the camera all set and focus'd and waited for him to fill the screen. When he was about 3' away he CHARGED the camera ( or me ) and it took all of my courage to lay there and wait for that "perfect" shot. Just as I hit the shutter and rolled like crazy the opposite direction, he went whizzing by. MAN they can move.

Troy

boorite wrote:

[Troy]

JEEZ, one just went flying across my keyboard. He's dead now!

one was smaller then the others but was awfully agressive. the yellow sack discharged alot of liquid when I hit'm

Troy

Troy wrote:

[Troy]

LOL, he can have the bedroom, I've got the shop and the dog house LOL Troy

any> boorite wrote:

[J T]

Thu, Oct 5, 2006, 4:20pm (EDT-1) [e-mail] (Troy) puzzedly posted: 1. You pay no rent towards upkeep of said property =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02. You do not provide any material to help me in my shop =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A03. You do not attack burglars who might want my precious equipment =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A04. I don't like you and think your ugly... Especially when you drop =A0 =A0 on my head or race down the wall like your charging after me. =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A05. You don't speak to me nor smile for the web cam.

Astonishing, except for number 4, that could well be me, talking about one of my sons.

JOAT It's not hard, if you get your mind right.

- Granny Weatherwax

[lwasserm]

Why, that's where 2 walls meet a a right angle, of course.

I like to put a henway there myself.

[J T]

Fri, Oct 6, 2006, 1:52am (EDT-1) [e-mail] seeks enlightenment by mumbling: Which is???

It's no crime, being ignorant about something, but you could have at least "tried" to find the answer on your own before you asked.

It's not hard, if you get your mind right.

- Granny Weatherwax

[J T]

Fri, Oct 6, 2006, 1:52am (EDT-1) [e-mail] did posteth: In article , Dave Bugg wrote: Morris Dovey wrote: I put a hedge apple in each corner of the shop. Which is???

[Morris Dovey]

| Morris Dovey wrote: | || A 50x50 space at one end of a steel building. It's square and the || corners are where the walls meet. | | LOL!!! Boy, did I fall into that one. | || Oh, the hedge apples? They're the inedible fruit of /Maclura || pomifera/ or osage orange. See ||

|| m for info. As far as I've been able to find out, they grow in most || areas of the US; and a Google search turned up some UK references. || || Spiders don't seem to like to be around 'em. | | Thanks for the info, Morris.

You've probably seen 'em (wherever you are.) There's a fairly good photo at

Dovey DeSoto Solar DeSoto, Iowa USA

[Joe Bemier]

My reading of this message took me off on other related topics.

Brown Recluse Spiders are the ones to fear I imagine.

[Troy]

[boorite]

[boorite]

*shudder* Looks hobo-ish to me. You can take it to a cooperative extension agent or someone like that to identify it, and they can advise you on controlling them.

Aggression is consistent with the hobo spider profile. Its nickname is the "aggressive house spider."

Ick, ick, ick. And I'm not particularly arachnophobic.

[mac davis]

Yep.. my bro-in-law was bitten by a recluse... He's had 2 or 3 operations, to remove dead tissue from his leg... yuk!

Mac

[mac davis]

[Dave Bugg]

ROTFLOL...