Why hobo spider?
You’d have to ask Rebecca, but I suspect it’s because my family is reported to have migrated here from Western Europe through the Port of Seattle sometime before the Great Depression, most likely hitchhiking as egg cases on cargo from the rural areas of Europe. In Europe, my family tends to only be found outdoors in the fields, not indoors or close to homes. I’m now found in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, Montana and Colorado. I’m often encountered around the foundations of homes and beneath objects in the garden and landscape. I’m also found inside Tri-City homes in late summer. Q: Why come inside if you aren’t aggressive? A: Late summer to early fall is mating time for hobo spiders. As a male, I search far and wide for a female mate and that includes coming indoors. You have a rather large family. How many types of you are there? You’re right, my family, Agelenidae, known as the funnel-web weaver family is large. There are more than 500 species of funnel-web weavers around
