hobo spider?

[Falyn]

Hi all... a friend brough me over a spider today thinking it was a wolf spider after looking around on the net for a while we belive its a TEGENARIA species and the markings are almost identical of the pictures of hobo spiders ive found online and im tryin to figure out exactly what kind it is cause their only showing pics of hobos :wall: .. but hey ya gotta love firneds that jus bring over any hairy spider they find.. admitidy were not sure if it is a hobo cause the sites ive found are only showing pics of the hobo and no others of that species. but one of the sites does state that they are native to the area i live in (B.C) if i can get a good pic of it ill post it laters on..
Falyn

 

[Lorgakor]

Tegenaria agrestis is pretty much identical to Tegenaria gigantea(name changed?) from what I understand. It would be very hard to identify the differences. Plus, I don't think they are too common in BC yet.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[Falyn]

ya thats my poblem looking at the pics is they look idential to me and ive very new ta spiders so i have no idea what exactly im looking for and either can Bayushi and he's seen a hobo spider before while living in washington but i had found a couple site that had bite feedback from hobo spiders and a few of the ppl lived only like a hour or 2 from me so the possibility is there i guess that its a hobo but im not to sure and i cant tell just looking at the pictures of them. so im totally lost here. :wall:
Falyn
Edit: after searchin through the forums i found a link http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=30492&highlight=hobo+spiders

the spider i got sittin on my desk looks exactly like this one here only a little bit fatter.

 

[JPD]

Differentiating T.gigantea, T.agrestis, and T.domestica is no easy feat and, contrary to popular belief, is not something that can be done by simply looking at them.
A microscopic examination of the genitalia is one of the more reliable methods.

PS- Looking at the map on www.hobospider.org suggests that their range does infact extend into B.C.

 

[Ramsus]

My father was bitten by one of these and got sick. I was pretty young at the time, but I think he had to wear something called a nitrogen patch

It made him a bit loopy for a while, but he was okay.