What is this?

[Guy]

Click here and scroll down to Tegenaria...

 

[JPD]

Hey Lyle
My guess is Tegenaria gigantea (Giant House Spider). Very common here in good ol' Washington. Go to www.hobospider.org
They are interesting to keep. Very docile and quickly adapt to captivity.

 

[skinheaddave]

At $6 it's still a bargain, even if it's somewhat outdated. It also has sections on scorpions and all the other major arachnid orders as well as brief (but helpful) treatments of myriapods and land crutaceans. All in all, a very handy little book! I wish there was something half this useful for insects.

Wade,

You have yet to lead me wrong. When I actually went to order through the kiosk at chapters, I couldn't get either the 1970 or 1990 version -- there is actually a 2002 version. Anyhow, picked it up today and I am impressed -- looks to be every bit as useful as you said it would be. Thanks.

Cheers,
Dave

 

[Wade]

Glad I could help. I'm embarassed to admit that I had this book for years but didn't look at it much until "Spider Bob" Breene mentioned it in an ATS article! Since then, it's the first thing I reach for when trying to identify an unfamilliar spider.

Wade

 

[Jekka25]

meanwhile in the seattle area........

I have been kept this female hobo that I caught for two weeks and she laid an eggsack tonight. Just thought I'd show her for ya folks. I'm sure after reading everything and this thread that she's a hobo.

http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?p=451115#post451115

i hope this works. Could anybody guide me in the right direction as to how to care for a sack and how long it will take? She is still laying it now and there's more I could say about the conditions and stuff if anybody will help.

 

[orcrist]

It's definitely not dolomedes or lycosa, almost definitely tegenaria or aglaenopsis.

 

[cacoseraph]

It's definitely not dolomedes or lycosa, almost definitely tegenaria or aglaenopsis.

its webbing looks similar to that of the tegenarians i kept, the "gnarly sheet" style

 

[Midnightcowboy]

That's a Tegenaria. We get them in our house here in the UK all the time. I kept one for about 9 months, very interesting spiders. If you lay down an empty toilet paper tube on its side they will make a funnel type web radiating out from it. (That's what I've done all the times I've kept em and they love it!)

 

[gothmog]

This Tegeneria was running about on my floor last night