Is This a Hobo Spider?

Question

My basement is rather plentiful of these lately...
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=h...

I heard this spider is only plentiful in the WESTERN U.S. I live sort of in the east ( Ohio.)

Anyway this is an extremely dangerous spider species and I need to know the truth from an expert. Please all the help i can get. If not a hobo spider than what species?

Answer 1

Unfortunately, your link doesn't work for me. There are a couple things, though - (a) as far as I know, Hobo spiders aren't found as far east as Ohio., and (b) hobo spiders in the US, while apparently able to deliver a nasty bite (for reasons which are not entirely clear), are not as dangerous as widows (Black Widow, etc.), which are themselves not greatly dangerous. Very painful and unpleasant, yes, but not terribly lethal. There are a number of spiders which are roughly similar to hobos, but none of them should be particularly dangerous in your area. If you fix the link, it may be possible to give an ID.

Answer 2

Yes..... You can. They originated from Europe and hit America within the 1920's. The Hobo spider may also be recognized through two gigantic boxing gloving watching matters and the entrance of its head, a few folks mistake them for fangs however are honestly the genitals of the spider. Mainly simplest discovered in Northern, jap elements of the UK. I reside in Yorkshire and the Hobo spider is residing and reproducing very good! This photograph was once taken only some hours in the past and is an overly younger feminine Hobo spider.