Sure it was a hobo? Spiders are easy to misidentify. And don't worry too much...

Aug 21, 2014
6:57:01pm

ByuImaginesDragons

They have downgraded the hobo spiders danger level to humans. They say they aren't as dangerous as once thought. The brown recluse however is still the one to worry about. "They" are scientists I think....

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ByuImaginesDragons

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Ugh. HCBW just found a hobo spider in the kitchen.

purplmonkeydishwashr

8/21/14 4:29pm

Because you found one spider?

supertux

8/21/14 4:30pm

Yes.

purplmonkeydishwashr

8/21/14 4:31pm

There's no such thing as one spider.

byuluvr

8/21/14 4:51pm

aka, the TNT spider.

Crush4

8/21/14 4:31pm

I'd rather have TNT in my kitchen. I never thought I'd type out that sentence.

purplmonkeydishwashr

8/21/14 4:36pm

Now your inbox is going to be flooded with messages from TNT asking

benny1982

8/21/14 4:38pm

Oh come on. TNT has more class than that

TNT

8/21/14 4:39pm

One...Spiderwoman

PolarCoug

8/21/14 4:44pm

Been there.. We lived in a townhouse in Bountiful and every night we found

Anae4Anae

8/21/14 4:38pm

This is a townhouse, which makes the arson solution a little more problematic

purplmonkeydishwashr

8/21/14 4:41pm

Same townhouse?

frontrowcougar

8/21/14 4:52pm

I wonder how many you ate over that period. Probably countless.

riboflavin

8/21/14 4:43pm

You're a bad person Ribo

TNT

8/21/14 4:45pm

This was helpful.

purplmonkeydishwashr

8/21/14 4:45pm

Think of it as revenge.

benny1982

8/21/14 4:46pm

True. I probably have built up an immunity to them by now.

Anae4Anae

8/21/14 4:48pm

Don't worry, that's a really stupid old wives tale. Spiders have no reson to

ByuImaginesDragons

8/21/14 6:59pm

DIY.

IGlowInTheDark

8/21/14 4:42pm

Biffenthenrin?

TNT

8/21/14 4:43pm

It's bifenthrin, you idiot.

IGlowInTheDark

8/21/14 4:45pm

How high is the child/pet danger with a moron like me using that stuff?

purplmonkeydishwashr

8/21/14 4:47pm

If you can read the directions and measure, very low.

IGlowInTheDark

8/21/14 4:50pm

You forgot to mention the whole glowing in the dark thing.

benny1982

8/21/14 4:50pm

That's from growing up next to a nuclear reactor

IGlowInTheDark

8/21/14 5:07pm

Are you sure it was a hobo spider and not a wolf spider?

IrishBlue

8/21/14 4:49pm

I've got a picture on my phone, not sure how to post it.

purplmonkeydishwashr

8/21/14 4:51pm

go to imgur.com

riboflavin

8/21/14 4:54pm

also, it's called a bindle. learn a thing about hobo culture

riboflavin

8/21/14 4:55pm

Keep the spiders. Get rid of the cat

billyrust

8/21/14 4:51pm

Here's the spider.

purplmonkeydishwashr

8/21/14 5:01pm

You could do the bite test..

Anae4Anae

8/21/14 5:04pm

That spider won't be biting anybody ever again.

purplmonkeydishwashr

8/21/14 5:05pm

I never caught mine.. I just examined the corpses..

Anae4Anae

8/21/14 5:09pm

I wish I hadn't watched that....

Finngirl

8/21/14 5:09pm

Not an expert

jayriggity

8/21/14 5:44pm

I've examined the corpse now, it's definitely a hobo.

purplmonkeydishwashr

8/21/14 5:59pm

but is so small ......

BYU4eVeR

8/21/14 7:17pm

G0 look at Hobo spider pictures...

BYU4eVeR

8/21/14 7:29pm

This is why you can't tell for sure...

ByuImaginesDragons

8/22/14 1:00am

Thats a hobo. It has the smaller butt and the boxing gloves.

Anae4Anae

8/21/14 8:15pm

It's hard to tell if there are differentiating colors on the legs but if there

ByuImaginesDragons

8/22/14 1:09am

Yeah, I just checked out the body again. Solid colored legs.

purplmonkeydishwashr

8/22/14 8:52am

You could also take it to an entomologist at a local school, they could take a

ByuImaginesDragons

8/23/14 4:12am

despite all of the horror stories and wive's tales hobo spiders are pretty much

Oompabluepaw

8/21/14 5:13pm

RE: despite all of the horror stories and wive's tales hobo spiders are pretty

Edelweiss

8/21/14 6:01pm

I agree with you. Meant for chubbychaser's post?

Oompabluepaw

8/21/14 6:22pm

Except bedbugs! Found out the hard way that doesn't do any good.

ByuImaginesDragons

8/21/14 7:07pm

Here is what you do to make the wife feel better....

BYU4eVeR

8/21/14 7:23pm

Spraying doesn't work for Hobos because of the way their legs are designed.

ChubbyChaser

8/21/14 5:28pm

It kills their food source so they will voluntarily stay away.

Byron McNertney

8/21/14 6:49pm

I saw a tv episode on that. They sprayed and all other spiders died, and soon

ByuImaginesDragons

8/21/14 7:08pm

Sure it was a hobo? Spiders are easy to misidentify. And don't worry too much...

ByuImaginesDragons

8/21/14 6:57pm

Yeah, it's definitely a hobo. A big one too.

purplmonkeydishwashr

8/21/14 7:19pm

I wouldn't worry as I said. They aren't that dangerous.

ByuImaginesDragons

8/21/14 7:25pm

If you like cellulitis...weeping open wounds.... let it bite you...

BYU4eVeR

8/21/14 7:36pm

Were they proven hobo bites? Brown recluses do that type of damage for sure.

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