Comments on: Hobo Spider

By: Margaret

Margaret — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:32:22 +0000

I bought an old mountain cabin that came fully loaded with hobo spiders.

With a magnifying glass, you’ll see two small holes, one larger than the other and no matter how small….they are very painful. Sometimes the fang is left inside with the poison sac still attached.

They DO attack…I’ve watched them cross a room to where I was sitting and they do climb up to my loft and weave funnels in the ceiling. I was sick all the time but couldn’t afford to move and my doctor kept telling me they must be ticks cause spiders don’t bite people like that. Ha. Since I could not sell the house…I got a bug net over the bed….has saved my life.

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:33:22 +0000

I live in Portland, OR and found a huge hobo spider in my basement 2 years ago. I had never seen a spider that big, that was not in a cage. I quickly found that we had a hobo spider issue. I have done detailed research and know that they are hobo spiders. Until recently, I have been very afraid of spiders, so finding out we had a venomous spider issue was very upsetting. Confronting our hobo spider situation around our house has given me a new found appreciation of “good spiders,” which I consider to be any spider that is not venomous.

This is how I have gotten rid of the hobo spiders-
Only kill hobo spiders, do not kill the competing good spiders, they often eat baby hobos and they compete with the hobo for their food source (bugs). I got chickens. Four of them. They are a great, chemical free way to rid your yard of bugs and spiders. Although, the chicken coop and set-up does cost a bit. Make sure your basement windows and walls are sealed well. And if your dryer has a vent that goes to the outside, put some kind of screen on that too. Lastly, I have been aware when working in the yard.

I know exactly where they like to live and what they look like. I love gardening and so, I ran into one every few days during the summer months. They love to live under rocks, bricks, flower pots, wood piles etc. I have killed approximately 30 big ones, with the end of a shovel, throughout the spring/summer. I have not encountered any hobos in the basement anymore and I have not found anymore around the house. Good luck and use cation, but don’t let fear of the hobo spider keep you up at night.

By: Lisa Marsh

Lisa Marsh — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:21:04 +0000

i live in Texas and my husband has already killed 2 hobo spiders, we live on a ground level house, beside sealing off the vents and doors, what else can i do to keep these things out of my house. i am worried because i have young kids in the house. i am not sure what to do nor does my husband other than buying spider sprays and spray it around the house. so far no one has gotten bitten, but i am afraid that is yet to come considering that winter is coming around. more of these things just might find theirs ways in the house so they can stay warm or something. but please send me ideas to keep them out of my house. thank you very much and have a bless day.

By: Sarah A.

Sarah A. — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:11:52 +0000

Well, looking at these pics I am pretty sure I was bitten by a Hobo spider. It was on the heel of my foot, started out looking like a mosquito bite, then blistered over night. I know your not supposed to pop blisters, but I did, and about ten minutes later I had a bad panic attack which had never happened before. What I am wondering is if the bite could cause chest pains, tightness, panic? This was nearly 2 months ago, but I have had panic attacks, chest pains and tightness nearly everyday since. Could this be a reaction to the bite? The docs say it has been long enough, if it were from a bite it would have worn off.

By: Chris from Seattle

Chris from Seattle — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:05:57 +0000

I was bitten by what i think is a hobo spider by the wound and the symptoms i have read here. Ive had nasty bites before but nothing even close to as painful as this one! It almost feels like a nail has been drivin into my wrist. The pain is constant and i sure don’t feel so great! Nasty little buggers they are!

By: Anna F.

Anna F. — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:02:38 +0000

My one year old son got bit by a hobo spider on the small of his back and he developed a red spot about the size of a quarter and a white spot in the middle about the size of a dime. We have these pills called Microhydrin, what it is is a hydrogen molecule with an extra electron. All poisons and venom are missing an electron, that’s what makes them a poison. So when you put the microhydrin paste on the site, it gives off its extra electron and neutralizes the poison. We applied one application of it and overnight, it reduced to a red spot the size of a dime and no white spot. To make the paste, you take about a half a capsule of powder and a few drops of PURIFIED water and mix it right into the site.

It will work, it worked on a ladies dog who was bitten repeatedly by a rattle snake, in the face. The only way you can buy the pills is through the company. The easiest way for you to find and not have to search through their website for it, is to google microhydrin and then pick the result that shows rbclife, and then it will all be right there on the page. It is VERY expensive but it WILL NOT disappoint, it has never failed me or my family in spiderbites, staff infections, food poisoning, snake bites or anything that includes poison or venom.

If you have any questions about this stuff, you can e-mail me at anna.veselka [at] gmail.com. No, I will not make any money if you buy this stuff, I just hate to see people suffer and get sick when their is an easy answer, I am so lucky I knew about microhydrin or else my son would have been really bad off.

By: Mia

Mia — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:04:42 +0000

i got bit by a spider but i did not know what kind! it was really bad and i had to go to the hospital. i was in Mexico and when we got back i noticed i got bit by something.puss and blood squirted allover my leg on the 4th day. i didn’t go to school at all for the past couple weeks. it was like a misquote bite at first but then it got as big as four misquote bites combined!! later it turned purple so my dad took to the doctors office to check it out. i didn’t want to go but i had to. after that he took care of me and sucked the puss out with a needle. i don’t know if this is enough information but please try to help me figure kind of spider i got bit by!

By: Bille Jo

Bille Jo — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:02:52 +0000

My daughter about five months ago, had two spots on her leg that I thought was dirt from creek we had went swimming at that day and it would not come off so i just let go and about three days later it started to look like a scab i wash it off in the tub and it came off then two days later it started to get red and form a blister on the spots and kept cleaning the ares and putting medince on it and bandaids and it started to form blisters all around it and it got bigger and harder they told me that it was a staph infection on her leg i never believed that because it was two spots and it was away from each other, i was wondering if that could have been any kind of water spider bite please tell she has huge scars on her leg now.

thank you
Billie Jo Nanticoke, pa

By: Bille Jo

Bille Jo — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:53:10 +0000

Me and my friend saw a spider yesterday right outside our doors and it kinda looked like the hobo spider. It was fury and brown some orange and reddish body what kind of spider is that. Her daugther about 1 month ago was hospitized for something on her leg that the doctor called mrsa and she is only 2 years old. It almost the same size as her inner thigh, my friend said when they opened it up the pus went everywhere she is wondering if this could have been a spider bite. her 2 year old was so tired and it is still healing could that have been a hobo spider bite. please e-mail me so i can tell her.

Thank you,
Billie Jo
Nanticoke, pa

By: lyn in nebraska

lyn in nebraska — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:45:59 +0000

UPDATE:
DAY 3 off of antibiotics so far so good ….. ” knock on wood!!” Since posting my first post I have found yet another Hobo, am now keeping a tight sealed container with them in it upon catching/killing them. I am also contemplating on buying some of those “spider fruits” a.k.a. hedge apples to place around my house to help deter spiders from entering it. I’ve also taken notice that there’s a ton of webs outside that have been built. I will update again regularly on my progress. Also, I am sending a new photo and as of yet have not found the venom sack area…. so this is now making me think that the bite I got was a dry one.