What Happens if a Hobo Spider BITES You?
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The hobo spider might be one of the most feared spiders in North America, but how dangerous is it really? Today I'm testing the bite of the hobo spider, to find out if they're really all they're cracked up to be.
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What myths should we tackle next?
more spider myths
I heard that the desert recluse has a vemonus bite like that of a brown relcuse, tho I am not sure on that, a few months back I was bitten by a brown reluse spider and went through all of its fine glory and still dealing with bite damage as of yet, The desert recluse is native to southern California, and yet the brown recluse isn't, however it has been well documented that the one that had nailed me was a brown recluse in San Diego east county of California. Anyways I like to know if the southern desert recluse is just as damaging as the brown recluse spider. Have you done a video on that one yet?
@@afritzy4204 I haven’t but as far as we know all North American Loxosceles are comparable in venom but usually not super dangerous. Necrotic and systemic bites are extremely rare, not a typical reaction to the spider bite
Spencer, bust the myth of the "cotton mouths will chase you down" to bite. I can't tell you how many times I've heard this in the deep south.
@@TheRoadhammer379I’ve tried to do that a few times, but I get the typical response you’d expect. How would you suggest I approach that in future videos?
I was once bitten by a hobo nicknamed spider. All I got was herpes, and trauma
Hilarious
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@@DinoPwn 😂😂
That was gold, man
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Hobo spiders are too poor for powerful poison they can only afford a lil itch bite
@@Stumpwater27 😂
😂 solid
Venom
@@BrittanyStewart-ni4sc piesuhn
Awe ☺️
Maybe it’s people scratching the bite to the point of breaking the skin and introducing bacteria from under their nails into the wound?
That is pretty plausible.
I would bet on that too.
Especially out in the wilderness with who knows what under your fingernails
Many studies done here in AUS, suggest that essentially every case of necrosis resulting from white tail spider bites during the study period were caused by bacteria gathering at the base of their fangs found commonly on other spiders they commonly eat as well as the prey those spiders eat. So your theory would definitely make sense.
The majority of bites that people say are “spider” bites are actually flea or mosquito bites that become infected.
So glad you covered the hobo spider myth! Great video!
People all over the US seem terrified that every brown spider they encounter is either a recluse or a hobo. (At least a recluse has potential for concern.)
@@CG-xb1kh thanks! Yeah recluse is *sometimes* dangerous but only in very rare cases. Hobo spider is one that people can definitely rest easy on though
Some people are more sensitive than others to a hobo spider bite. The few times I've been bit the wound was a hole about the size of a pencil eraser, while my neighbor got bit and the hole on his stomach was about the size of a golf ball and about five inches of rotting skin surrounding it.
@Shadowman
Except that’s not how it works, the hobo spider doesn’t have any necrotic properties in its venom so therefore whether you are more sensitive or not is irrelevant, sensitivity to a bite isn’t suddenly going to change the chemical makeup of venom to become something it isn’t.
@@IrishColin You're wrong.
I just caught one of those spiders in my house and I took a picture of it Because of how big it was? But to sit here and watch you let that spider crawl all over your arms is going to give me nightmares about it and I am not afraid of most spiders 🕷️
The necropathy is probably from people itching incessantly and breaking the skin, developing an open sore and subsequent infection.
Glad to see this myth dispelled thoroughly. I've been trying to tell people it's a myth for ages but well, you know how people be.
He did not dispel anything. Some people are more sensitive than others to a hobo spider bite. The few times I've been bit the wound was a hole about the size of a pencil eraser, while my neighbor got bit and the hole on his stomach was about the size of a golf ball and about five inches of rotting skin surrounding it.
I sure do. STILL get comments about cottonmouths to this day. Not sure how to fully dispel that myth yet
@@MyWildBackyard It's not a myth. Some people are more sensitive than others to a hobo spider bite. The few times I've been bitten by a hobo spider the wound was a hole about the size and depth of a #2 pencil eraser that took over three weeks to heal, while when my neighbor got bit the wound and the hole in his stomach was about the size and depth of a golf ball with a about five inches of rotting skin surrounding it. I believe my own eyes before I believe someone who has never seen or experienced a serious hobo spider bite. Just because you had a mild reaction doesn't prove anything, except that you may not be sensitive or allergic to their venom. The real myth is that hobo spider bites aren't ever serious and cause necrosis in some people's skin.
@Shadowman
Except it IS a myth, they DO NOT have necrotic properties in their venom so whether you are sensitive or not is completely irrelevant as to whether there would be necrotic effects like you describe. One of several things is the case here, possibility number one is that you misidentified what you were bit by, possibility two is you caused the wound by scratching at it or not cleaning it properly and the spot getting infected, possibility three is you weren’t bit by a spider at all and you or a doctor immediately jumped to that conclusion which happens all too often, possibility four is you’re lying because you believe the myth and you’re trying to propagate it thinking you’re doing the right thing when you aren’t. I’m not in any place to say which of these things is the truth but I can say it is indeed one of these things. Please do your research before spreading more fear towards something that doesn’t do what you’re saying it does. Spencer did this test to show that they don’t do what you think but his video is hardly the only evidence of this, there is zero scientific evidence that they cause necrosis and a huge body of scientific evidence that they do not.
I know I already replied to you in another comment thread but I don’t want people being mislead by your comment so I’m going to reply here as well in case they don’t see the other one.
The problem is people move in their sleep and that can cause a spider to bite
That's true
Especially if the spider gets trapped in your clothes
Fascinating shy, little creature.
You can tell, it is more interested in hiding in the dark directly, when it comes in your hands, already aiming to the backside of your arm, where it's more shadowy and comfortable for him.
@@supremeghost7950 yes! When he was in the shade he was much more comfortable. Similar to some scorpions and wandering spiders I’ve worked with
It’s not always about the venom, sometimes mrsa or other bacteria can be injected unintentionally.
True, but can you really attribute that to the spider?
Yes- this exactly. I mentioned in a previous comment that I lived in a house infested with them, and would often wake up with angry, red, bullseye pattern bites all up and down my body, and usually just along one side as well. My theory is that they'd get under my covers while roaming or hunting at night, as that's the darkest place in the room, and when I'd move in my sleep in a way that threatened them, that would cause them to bite. I know it was spider bites from the double pinpricks in the centre that were exactly as far apart as spider fangs would be. However, while a couple of them got pretty nasty, none of them ever became necrotic. That to me suggests a bacteria, rather than a venom, as a venom would be much more consistent in severity...
And sure enough- both those especially nasty bites were easily treated with copious application of neosporin and hydrogen peroxide!
Why isn't everybody getting mrsa from mosquito bites then
@@spencerkooyman13
Not sure, but my non-professional guess would be that mosquitoes don’t have bits of rotting flesh on their appendage. The mosquito’s sucker is actually comprised of 6 separate parts that all have slightly different functions. There’s a sheath, a shearing pair, the actual needle part. I’d assume that as the parts are sheathed, any leftover debris is cleared. Also, mosquitoes don’t generally feed on rotting carcasses, they need a living host with pumping blood. Anyhow, that’s all just a guess. Thx for the interesting question.
waiting for the Sydney funnel web bite vid 😍
he’ll make a video about it soon, I doubt he take a bite tho
From the female anyway
You're like the shark week of backyard nature channels.
In regards to dangerous spider bites, I once heard somewhere that a lot of the "Spiderbites" are people scratching themselves on rusty nails and the like and the wounds getting infected afterwards. Also, as always I am happy to see that you are not making a spectacle of the spider.
"...by taking a bite from the hobo spider..."
noooo, please don't eat the spooder :D
He does have a chunky butt.
Orkin posts that the hobo spider bite may cause necrotic lesions, so I think the propaganda comes from pest control companies.
Definitely adds to it for sure.
My question would be is there a difference between the male and female? Could a bite from a big male result in a different outcome??
As someone who lives in Washington, I've really been hoping you would do a video on Hobo's eventually. Thank you! Can't wait to watch the rest of this.
He's full of shit. I was bit by one in Bellevue. I was sick for 6 weeks. See my account above!
10:04 time to get ill? Oh oh my bad I know I know I'm old lol ...
Great video Spencer and very brave of you to take a bite from a Hobo and show what really happens. You and Jack are the best! Keep up the great work!
Anyone else feeling spider crawling in their legs while watching this video? or just Me lol 😂😅
Ya I was putting new flooring in my house and some of the old hardwood floor boards were missing this how I'm guessing this huge Wolf spider got in the house.The greek big egg sack dragon behind it. UNMISTAKABLE. big black and hairy. Took it to school and they Identified it correctly. This was in farmington missouri Is closest thing to a Tarantula we have
Got a bunch of them around my house and a few in it but they never bother me or anything else but they are highly aggressive toward other insects which is ideal. Actually they try to keep away from me. The pest control guy that comes apparently isnt worth the money they are paid but thankfully its not a problem just a lot of webs around in the garage and outside of the house. Plenty of funnels.
I imagine most bites from any insect/arachnid are made worst from people scratching. I’ve seen mosquito bites made so much worse from people scratching away at them with their dirty fingers.
Stop giving spiders a bad name people that’s why there are so many arachnaphobes.
Thank you for the truth telling as always spencer ❤
coyote peterson would have rolled around on the ground and hyperventilated
Probably lol
And this americans always make fun of Australia for spiders 😂
Hobo spider is vary comon in Europe..all over northern Europe and Siberia. Yes it can bite but it's no worse than a bee sting.
Whete thus fear from that spider comes is a puzzle.
When you let it bite you, it didn't seem like that much of an attack bite? and I'm not sure if there's any difference between the types of bites but thanks for being the test subject for this test bite. At least there's not a show host out there trying to give out prizes for idiots who are willing to take a spider bite from a hobo spider and wait until it shows any affects? I'm not that ambitious to go out there and search for these certain kinds of spiders. But thanks for sharing your experience with us
Whats crazy is that we got monkeys in freaking florida
I heard about that!
Wow really?!? That’s crazy! Florida is very quickly going from sub tropical to tropical with all the crazy species that are making their home there. I know that’s not actually how tropical or sub tropical is decided but it’s gonna be a lot harder to tell the difference lol.
These look extremely similar to the Giant House spider. How can you tell the difference? Is it the underside?
Glad you tested this one! There is far too much misinformation going around about this spider. Great video Spencer :)
@@PrisPrivate 🫡 just doing my duty!
He's full of it. That's a LESSER EUROPEAN HOUSE SPIDER. I was bit and sick by a hobo for six weeks. See my account above.
@@philc8575 Hobo spiders cannot cause the symptoms you just described, must’ve been a magic spider. Also, I have never heard of the “lesser European house spider” you describe, what is its scientific name? The only three Eratigena species that occur in the United States to my knowledge are Eratigena atrica (the giant house), Eratigena agrestis (the hobo), and Eratigena duellica (also known as the giant house). This one is clearly neither duellica nor atrica, and HAS been correctly identified as a hobo spider. Again, please feel free to enlighten me about the “lesser European house spider” you describe, along with the magic spider that bit you, thanks.
@@philc8575He is clear Stupidity n MY wifee boyfriend wa bitted by the Hobo sensation in 2007 an he DIED!!!!! Remebr no to talk t strangers.
@@philc8575 That was probably caused by bacteria introduced into the wound, whether they were from the spider's fangs themselves or you scratching the bite to the point of breaking the skin and introducing bacteria from under your nails into the wound.
I got a good video for us . Probably bad for you. Get the top 5 or 3 worst stinging bugs and have them string you back to back
Mr Spencer . I'm living in Ireland and I found many funnel shaped webs in the fields . I never knew about the funnel weavers and funnel webs . Your some man for one man ❤
Been bitten by a Hobo spider as well. Verdict - nothing happened at all. It could have been a dry bite but I doubt it. So my theory is that some rare people are prone to having some sort of "hyper immune" response to these really harmless creatures venoms. This hyper response is causing the body to attack itself, causing necrosis. If you have diabetes or some other health issues then healing from this necrosis becomes even more difficult. Been bitten by both Recluses as I have been bitten and envenomated by both species. Aside some weird co-centric light red/pinkish rings that formed and gradually faded away again nothing happened. The Black Widow, well that another stomach painful/flu like story. The other things these people are getting are MRSA.
Honestly most signs point to MRSA or other skin-eating bacteria. But yes- hobo spider is likely innocent
Maybe the hobo spider knew it was you.
It's not even a "mystery," there's no necrotic components in hobo spider venom.
Once again, it's people blaming spiders because they can't be bothered to wash themselves 🙄
Literally. I’ve pointed out as well that sometimes it just sounds “sexier” if they were “bitten” by a spider rather than got an infection. It’s the same thing with cottonmouths and other venomous snakes. None of them will attack you, but people embellish stuff because they saw the snakes and were scared. It’s sexier if the snake attacked you and was aggressive than you saw it and were frightened
Oh hell no!! I like spiders but no way i would purposely let that bite me......😳😬💀
Question: Can we be sure if there was an invenomation? Could the itchiness be caused by the wound itself?
Have taking all these bites from spiders and stuff, caused you any health issues? Or do you develope increased resistance to certain spider poisons? Thanks if able to answer.
No health issues! Honestly I don’t think it really builds immunity either cause I test so many different species and very infrequently. Human liver is a wonderful thing, with how little venom I’ve been exposed to there’s likely no trace of it in my system. Friends of mine honestly do worse to themselves on a weekly basis going out to bars than the occasional spider bite will do to your system.
The work you're doing on behalf of spiders is very admirable! I live in Europe and I regularly see one of their cousins skittering around my house. When I find one in an inconvenient place, I don't even release it outside, I just move it to a different place in my house where there is less chances of me stepping on them by accident. Never been bitten. So thank you for spreading awareness! You got a new sub!
Gotta love the _Tegenaria_ genus.
Im from Washington and they’re huge! They take over my garden in the summer, along with crab, orbweaver and regal jumping spiders. Hobos are left alone if they stay outside, but when they enter my home the peace treaty is off. They can boom in population in our home fast.
Spencer you have officially lost your mind my friend! Now you're getting bit by hobos?!? Thank you for doing this so we don't have too 😂
Wow! Didn’t even know these were here! Good to know that they’re not as seriously venomous like say.
Where's my filming credit?? You'll be hearing from my attorney.
@@camrynharris7310 🤪
I just recently my stumbled upon your channel and I just love it!! I am an animal lover to my core, and that includes spiders, snakes, millipedes, etc! I love that you are so loving and respectful of each of these little buggers! And I love the education that you provide for people with their totally irrational fear of all these things! Like just how hard it is to get the spider to bite you!! I literally welcome the spiders I find in my home (which are few, actually) yet I’ve never been bitten by them and I try to tell people this yet they refuse to not kill them! God bless you for your work! 🙏❤️
What's your favorite spider?
@@Mason-it2step gotta be the red widow or the purple bloom birdeater. They don’t even look real
Nice!
I live in WA and saw a good sized spider exploring my apartment. Not sure if it was a house spider or a hobo, I read that it’s difficult to tell them apart but I just let it go. I’ve seen plenty other spiders but they’ve never bugged me. If anything they’re good pest control so I kinda like having them around.
The bacteria on the spider’s fangs and on your skin at the bite site pose more of a threat that the venom
you get bit by hobos and some other spiders (like recluses and even Cheiracanthium) when you lay against them or they get trapped in your clothes against your skin.
Well cheirocanthium just like the hobo spiders are the victim of myths run wild. I’ve got plenty of cheirocanthium mildei that live in my house and they’re no cause for concern. The only one that you listed that CAN be bad is the recluse (loxosceles reclusa) but even then it’s rare for a bite to be bad. I don’t necessarily know if that was your point but I felt like saying this just in case, even if you know already and it wasn’t your point then maybe someone who didn’t know will see it.
@@IrishColin Cheiros have a teeny tiny bit of venom - just enough to cause a sore superficial dermonecrotic lesion if they survive just long enough to inject it.
I found a Long Jawed Orb Weaver in my backyard, it was one of the coolest finds. I don't know how rare they are but I don't imagine that they are very common, I was wondering if you could do a video on them if you ever come across them. PS you've played a huge part in helping me a lot over coming my fear of spiders, so thank you 🙏
I see those once in a while! I’ll see if I can get them in a video at some point!
I’ve unfortunately been bit by a brown recluse and black widow. For me the recluse bite was much worse.
I got zinged 3 times by a widow when it got in my shirt. No fun at all
@@williamsporing1500 no I’d say the first 48 hours widow much worse. That darn recluse bite hit its stride about 5 days in. Hole about size of nickel straight into my leg 105 fever. Funny thing is it was while sleeping. Think it crawled on my leg I felt it in my sleep smacked it bit. Found it dead on the bed. Funny thing is I’m in Cali we aren’t suppose to have recluses haha. At least we both have fun stories now but at the time we sure didn’t. Sorry you got hit 3 times. 1 was enough for me lol.
5:20 the fact that the spider walks down his arm, out of view and we go on with the video without showing him put the spider down just makes my skin crawl
My guess is that the female hobo spider didn't inject you with its venom, but instead gave you a dry bite. I could be wrong, but what I remember hearing from somewhere is that they typically save their venom for what ever walks across their web. And if the venom doesn't naturally contain anything that causes necrosis, then I wonder if it's something that the hobo spider can pick up in the wild that lives in the venom or on the spider's fangs???
I just caught a decently big male hobo spider recently and brought it in to my local insectarium. They are very cool spiders and wicked fast
His palps are so big!! Hahaha. I love boy spoodies with outrageously large palps. It's cute as hell haha
Wow that looked painful lol.
@@JbPlayz0 😂 you definitely feel it but it’s far from the worst one I’ve taken (tarantula was quite the pinch lol)
@@MyWildBackyard lol, ive never even seen a tarantula, musta been scary 😂
I didn't watch the video fully sir but will eventually.. First of all, I hope you recovered from the "Hobo spider bite"... I dunno if there is even a "Treatment" that exist everywhere for it's venom... You probably have a strong immune system and circulatory system to survive with but sir I wouldn't keep testing those spiders for fear you don't get help at the right time to save you.. So please be careful. Many of us care for your safety. Also I wanted to tell you why it didn't bite at first.. "It's called the hobo spider" because of it's way to travel and although many breeds of spiders can suddenly develop a habit to travel, the hobo likes to sneak aboard much like a "Human hobo" to a train back in old days.. It probably thought it could use you for transportation so when you showed you weren't taking it anywhere on your clothes or someplace like that then it bit you in frustration for lack of travel.. I use to go to a private school while young that had books on these spiders and I only used the "Celler Spider" and "Daddy Long Legs" for feeding demos because we couldn't afford a serious venom actually getting loose and attacking school staff and or students.. At least I got to lead the class for a little while back then..
I can tell you from personal experience that if you roll over on one in your sleep the will understandably bite you and it was definitely a hobo because it was deceased and I had the body but I didn't develope a huge gangrenous wound I did wind up with a nasty itchy bump that was gone in 2days
so my question is… so if it’s a myth, does that mean everyone who’s gonna bitten by a hobo and gets their skin “necrosis”….
Is it because they continue picking/scratching it or something else irritates the bite?
If that were the case, then wouldn’t every bite, from any kind of spider yield the same result?
What if they get bitten in an area they can’t reach to be able to pick or scratch at it?
Is it simply that people are just mistaking the hobo for a lookalike who’s bite does cause necrosis? That also lives in the NW.
Is it that some people bodies react differently to venom and maybe a hobo’s venom will cause necrosis in one person but not another?
or is it that maybe hobo spiders at different maturities, or certain exposures, or different areas, can develop the ability to cause necrotic bite wounds?
hard to believe it’s 100% myth.
“Many Northwesterners claim”. You mean the same people obsessed with bigfoot? 😅 Definitely believe them 😂😉
No. I got bit on my ankle here in Idaho falls Idaho and i will tell you i got necrosis and brain problems and I found at least 3 nests in my home. They make a nest on the floor away from where you can't see. It wasn't a brown recluse that got me. They are everywhere here but yes the venom is slow acting in my case and I live in a basement apartment and yes it definitely bit me in my bed. They are extremely fast. My symptoms were i noticed the bite that was oozing and i was light headed so this is bullshit being a myth
My last holiday to Australia allowed me the experience of being bitten by a spider….really unwell for a few days…splitting headaches, sore itchy wound, very dry mouth, and whole left side of my body really hurting…took several weeks for my bite area on my ankle to heal…to this day no idea what species bit me…..just wrong choice of wearing flip flops to a local park in Melbourne….
Just got bitten by one of these in my bed. Woke up itching like hell , already knew what happened . Found the corpse of his too.
Thank you for this, actually though that the Hobo spider was another name for Brown Recluse. Not two different spiders.
Thanks, Master Spencer, for another very clear lesson that these amazing animals are not the monsters many were raised to think they are. It’s pretty amazing that the male wouldn’t even bite when it must have felt it’s life was at risk.
Growing up here in Utah, hobo spiders were way up there on the danger list grownups warned kids about. I didn’t find out such tales were unfounded until I was an adult.
Hello sir valiant! :)
@@PrisPrivate Hello, my awesome friend. 🫡
I’ll be honest i was raised in Montana and spent my whole life between Montana and pnw and never heard of them being dangerous or met anyone scared of hobo spiders, me and everyone I’ve ever known just thought of them as harmless nuances that we just want out of our houses lol.
What do you think is causing the necrotic "bites"?
Probably bacteria introduced into the wound, whether they were from the spider's fangs themselves or the victims scratching the bite to the point of breaking the skin and introducing bacteria from under their nails into the wound.
Infections. It’s just more “impressive” to say you were bitten by a spider
In England we have a few species of Eratigena with the largest being E. atrica aka the Giant House Spider or shed spider. All very similar biology and habits. They provok the most fear here in England (outside the false widows 🙄) because of the fact they very fast males very leggy and often come into people's homes as name suggests. The heavy bodied females always looked a little intimidating to me growing up and seen them subdue what was a very fired up German wasp in only a few short minutes but with multiple bites. I have made them bite me as I got older and had zero reaction .. if anything I think their fangs are not strong enough mostly. I do think they myst have a good chemical venom against small invertebrate prey insects as they make sheet type webs over sticky 'trapping' types like orb weavers. But to anything bigger especially us bigger nothing to even blink over.
i just crawled through and caught 3 hobo spiders, I was trying to find wolf spiders here but I am new to the hobby. (yes, I do the flashlight trick) I didn't get bit, or if I did I didn't even notice. They were only interested in running away from me, not biting.
The problem with getting bit in your sleep isn't from spider aggression, but a wandering spider crawling on a person, kinda has the same affect as your friend tickling your nose with a feather - after putting shaving cream in your hand. The spider might tickle the skin, and you (in your sleep) swat at it, and the spider acts defensively. Also just moving the wrong way in your sleep can frighten the spider to the point of it's self defense. imagine it's crawling down your pant leg and you turn away from it, or toward it. Either your pants have a chance of pinning it or the bed, or the blankets. The bites on the leg at night seem to be the most common, from what I've seen, and I believe the aforementioned reasons are some of the main root causes. A spider crawling across your face at night, has a much higher capability and interest in running away from a swatting hand then biting. This is probably why you don't see anywhere near as many bites to the face as to say the legs.
Even then - I have a funny story of my friend having to break into his basement when he was locked out of his house as a kid. He also sleeps in the basement, and apparently the seal to the "fixed" window wasn't quite so fixed, and he would wake up with multiple spiders in his bed every morning. He said he thought he was going to turn into spiderman HAHA, but he never incurred a bite, at least not a venomous one that gave me any problems. The spiders were probably some type of wolf spider, which is a very docile and smart species, with maybe some sharp fangs, but no lasting affect from a bite. You may never even know you got bit.
(Not saying anything like I'm disagreeing, i'll happily shut down a hobo spider gave me a bite in my sleep and it decayed my skin argument anyday.)
I've read that these bites can cause necrotic wounds, yet many, like yourself indicate this isn't true. I've read that bites by the Australian Atrax spider can be deadly--but the severity of the bite is sex-linked. I believe it was the female that was determined to be deadly, and male not so dangerous. Your Hobo Spider in this video is clearly a male--have you tried this with a female?
its always a great day when Spencer uploads
The hobo spiders knew they were being filmed and wanted to keep the mystery alive so they could continue to get a good laugh at the nonsense
That's what I'm talking about bro! Giving a hobo a free meal👽
Love ALL of your videos man.
They have actually helped kind of ease me out of a ridiculous, mild paranoia of arachnids.
I'd love to see you do a series of clips about several different species of centipede and their characteristics in the future.
Gimme like 8 months on that. Working on a documentary on all the Scolopendra in the US, even a super rare one most people don’t realize ranges here
Good for you, keep watching vids like this and it will keep helping :D. I used to be really arachnophobic and now I’m the complete opposite, I sit and watch spiders for crazy amounts of time, rescue them if they’re in someone’s house who will kill them (I’ll let them live in my house if they can’t survive outdoors) and eagerly watch egg sacs waiting for them to hatch. I used to be so afraid of them (not sure what it was about them either) that just thinking that I walked into a web would cause an all out panic. I know you can do it too! Good luck friend!
I live in Heber City Utah and I just went to the ER because I have four hobo bites on me from a new house I just purchased I had a professional is coming to spray that showed me pictures of the hobo nests outside
Dude u handling 1 hobo spider doesn't make u an expert on their behavior that's not research 😂 all pitbulls aren't aggressive either.....
looks like a hobo, but might be its common relative. Hobos have a chevron pattern on their abdomen. Also, its rumored Hobo spiders can give "Dry" bites. Lacking in venom in the bite.
They're not aggressive. They're actually rather shy. I lived in Washington state for many years and spent hours a day working inmy grandmother'sshed where I was surrounded by them. They kept out of sight and I rarely saw them. As to the bite one of them actually bit my grandmotherl. She developed a small sore and a headache.
It's not that they seek you out just to bite you in your sleep- rather, they end up under your covers while hunting after being accidentally trapped in your house, and when you move in your sleep in a way that threatens them, they *will* bite.
I used to live in a house that was infested with them (especially in the rooms nobody used, like the one I moved into as my bedroom) and I would wake up *way* too often with nasty, angry, bullseye pattern bites all up and down my body. They were definitely bites because in the centre was always two little dots, with the exact spacing apart as spider fangs. They never turned necrotic, though a couple of them seemed very close and likely would have, had I not taken extra good care of the bite area using neosporin and hydrogen peroxide.
The species of spider I am most curious about has no common name but is known as Theridion Pictum. It is a very small spider that I have never seen grow larger than a nickel, however I have observed them all around my house and surrounding area weaving vast cobweb mazes which made me think of a widow spider at first. Upon closer visual inspection they possess a cerated red stripe along the dorsal-side of their abdomen while the rest of their body is a pale, yet bright orange colour. I have attempted my own research but there is very little known about these spiders. I am not expecting you to come up to Alberta for something so small, but I thought it would be something new and maybe neat for you to look into sometime.
I live in Utah My father-in-law is a professional landscaper who got bit by a hobo spider we know no for sure he caught the spider. He got two bites both of them were necrotic. One was about an inch and a half in diameter and the other one was 3" in diameter it was bad news.
I find this really odd, I live in the UK where this species is native. If anyone is into bugs then they very likely played with these as children(maybe that was just me). We never used to get bitten. They also don't live in houses here, they live outside under rocks and bits of wood and other debris. I really appreciate this video dispelling the myths around them.
I am from Washington and frequently would catch hobo and other, "harry", spiders with my hands and release them. Several I have seen appear to rapidly bite once or twice before I could release them, but I never experienced discomfort or even and itch! I assume the skin on the hands is too thick for their fangs to inject venom deep enough to react, or the skin on the hands is different than on the rest of the body.
I do not attempt to catch with my hands the smooth body spiders.
@@Richard-f4b4r yeah the skin on your hands is probably too thick. Backside of the fingers is thinner though so they can definitely grab you back there! Most of em aren’t dangerous though
I'm still trying to figure out what I'm gonna get. Did I intentionally try to get did especially by poisonous ones?
I have grown up with hobo spiders (nature, brown reddish) and its relatives "home hobo" (brown, likes houses) and "black hobo" (dark, likes bars) -> Agelenidae family. They just look scary. Never seen one to bite anything. Never even heard of having dangerous poison.
Kudos for taking one for the team and for science!
In my country Danmark we Call Them stor hussedderkop or Giant House spider and in my country they Can bitte but it only hurts a little and thats it
I’ve lived with hobos and honestly, their size is intimidating and they will climb anything and everywhere!
I got bit by a Hobo Spider, or a least a doctor told me I was bit by one, and had swelling about the size of a baseball in diameter, maybe raised a quarter or a centimeter or so. Makes me wonder what it really was.
We used to call them Heroin Spiders in my surgical rotations in the hospital. Those little hobos can carry a large amount of heroin in their venom and it tends to cause necrotic wounds. No joke.
You pick up a spider, of course it wants to jump off. Trust me, spiders will bite you at night.
Than you for what you do!. Almost everybody hates spiders. Hobo spiders they were in my dad's basement and I Occasionally see one or 2 in my house. And wow are they fast.
I was living in Vancouver wa. Our yard was Infested with them, none of us ever got bit by one.
I've caught a female and had her as a pet for over a year, and eventually bred her with a male. They are such helpful spiders and definitely won't hurt you.
Not Great Science... What if the spider already spent its venom on something else. I call BS
What a little bro spider, doesn't want to bite no matter how much you bug him. Spiders are awesome!
here in europe its a very common spider, scientific name: Eratigena Agrestis) here and are totally harmless
Haha, someone already said what I was going to say about the hobo called Spider, not the herpes though, I have never even had a coldsore and Chickenpox is the only H. virus I have had. I live in the UK so it probably wasnt the same rabid guy, trauma yes, definitely! I always feel bad for the spiders and insects you traumatise doing this, even the scolopendra looked like he was having a worse day than you!
With anecdotal reports of spider bites, there's also a possibility of people reporting insect bites or spider bites who are actually suffering from formication wounds. I know one person who had this crazy story about a brown recluse burrowing into her face and had a large infected sore where they claimed it happened. I found out it was actually an infected formication sore.
Thank you for advocating for spiders and educating us. I have been an arachnophobe all of my life. Since discovering your channel my fear has significantly subsided and I do my best to not kill spiders I see out of fear and I even leave them alone in my house if I see them as long as they are not in a dangerous spot. Even then, I try to just relocate them