What do their webs look like?
The Hobo Spider creates a non-sticky (in spider standards) trip web that doesn’t permanently stick insects to the web. Instead, once the prey trips on the web the hobo spider attacks the prey before it can get away. This along with its poor eye site explains why they are noticeably more aggressive to humans then other spiders. They have to attack to eat otherwise they would die of starvation. Their webs are funnel shaped and are often attached to an object in the yard–by the foundation–between planters, or anything that remains stationary near the ground level. It also makes webs under the siding of homes and attaching to plants or weeds. Here is an example of a large hobo spider web–20% of actual size. Most webs are not as obvious and large, these are pictures taken between 2 planters for new trees. Brown Recluse Spiders do not build webs.
