Giant House Spider, Hobo Spider, & Barn Funnel Weaver, Part 1 - The Spiders in Your House

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  @travismcenery2919 · 2 years ago · pinned

  References<br><br>Adams RJ (2014). Field Guide to the Spiders of California and the Pacific Coast States. University of California Press. Akre RD, Myhre EH (1991). Biology and medical importance of the aggressive house spider, Tegenaria agrestis, in the Pacific Northwest (Arachnida: Araneae: Agelenidae). Melanderia 47, 1-30.<br><br>Bennett RG, Vetter RS (2004). An approach to spider bites: Erroneous attribution of dermonecrotic lesions to brown recluse or hobo spider bites in Canada. Canadian Family Physician 50, 1098-1101.<br><br>Binford GJ (2001). An analysis of geographic and intersexual chemical variation in venoms of the spider Tegenaria agrestis (Agelenidae). Toxicon 39(7): 955-968.<br><br>Blest AD, Taylor PW (1995). Cambridgea quadromaculata n. sp. (Araneae, Stiphidiidae): A large New Zealand spider from wet, shaded habitats, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 22:3, 351-356, DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1995.9518051<br><br>Bolzern, A., Burckhardt, D., &amp; Hänggi, A. (2013). Phylogeny and taxonomy of European funnel-web spiders of the Tegenaria–Malthonica complex (Araneae: Agelenidae) based upon morphological and molecular data. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 168(4), 723-848.<br><br>Bristowe, WS (1958). The World of Spiders. Collins. Faundez E, Carvajal M, Asplanato N, Raffo F, Vargas CJ (2019). Contribution to the knowledge of Tegenaria domestica (Clerck, 1757) (Araneae: Agelenidae) in Southern Patagonia. Anales Instituto Patagonia (Chile) 47(3):43-47.<br><br>Fisher RG, et al (1994). Necrotic Arachnidism. Western Journal of Medicine 160(6):570-572. Foelix RF (2011). Biology of Spiders, 3rd Edition. Oxford University Press.<br><br>Gaver-Wainwright MM, Zack R, Foradori M, Lavine LC (2011). Misdiagnosis of SPider Bites: Bacterial Associates, Mechanical Pathogen Transfer, and Hemolytic Potential of Venom from the Hobo Spider, Tegenaria agrestis (Araneae: Agelenidae). Journal of Medical Entomology 48(2):382-388.<br><br>Land MF (1985). The Morphology and Optics of Spider Eyes. In Neurobiology of Arachnids (pp. 53-78). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg.<br><br>McKeown N, Vetter RS, Hendrickson RG (2014). Verified spider bites in Oregon (USA) with the intent to assess hobo spider venom toxicity. Toxicon 84, 51-55.<br><br>Nentwig W, Gnadinger M, Fuchs J, Ceschi A (2013). A two year study of verified spider bites in Switzerland and a review of the European spider bite literature. Toxicon 73, 104-110.<br><br>Oxford GS, Bolzern A (2018). Molecules v. Morphology – is Eratigena atrica (Araneae: Agelenidae) one species or three?. Arachnology 17(7):337-357.<br><br>Rose, S (2022). Spiders of North America. Princeton University Press.<br><br>Vallet AM, Marion-Poll F, Trabalon M (1998). Preliminary electrophysiological study of the contact chemoreceptors in a spider. Comptes Rendus de l&apos;Académie des Sciences-Series III-Sciences de la Vie 321(6): 463-469. <br><br>Vest DK (1987). Envenomation by Tegenaria agrestis (Walckenaer) spiders in rabbits. Toxicon 25(2):221-224.<br><br>Vest DK (1987). Necrotic arachnidism in the northwest United States and its probable relationship to Tegenaria agrestis (Walckenaer) spiders. Toxicon 25(2):175-184.<br><br>Vetter R, Antonelli A. (2002). How to identify (or misidentify) the hobo spider. Washington State University, Puyallup, WA. pep. wsu. edu/pdf/PLS116_1. Pdf.<br><br>Vetter RS, Isbister GK (2004). Do Hobo Spider Bites Cause Dermonecrotic Injuries? Annals of Emergency Medicine 44(6):605-607.<br><br>Vibert, Samantha, et al. (2017). Life-history data for the funnel weavers Eratigena agrestis and Eratigena atrica (Araneae: Agelenidae) in the Pacific Northwest of North America. The Canadian Entomologist 149(3): 345-356.<br><br><a href="https://charleyproject.org/case/darwin-kenneth-vest">https://charleyproject.org/case/darwin-kenneth-vest</a><br><br><a href="https://faunafacts.com/spiders/fastest-spiders/">https://faunafacts.com/spiders/fastest-spiders/</a>

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  @kaotic300 · 2 years ago

  if they cross-breed... then even the spiders can&apos;t tell themselves apart

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  @TheDramacist · 2 years ago

  I&apos;m not that into spiders, and Im in the UK. But his voice is perfectly melodious for bedtime. I wake being a US spider genius.

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  @bertramusb8162 · 1 year ago

  I adore scientists who team up with scientists who are questioning their previous findings.<br><br>The scientific community should put that behavior on a pedestal.

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  @NovaCoronaSolarisBlast · 1 year ago

  I&apos;m convinced the giant house spiders are inteligent, inteligent enough to conciously wait until I&apos;ve already started to relieve myself in the bathroom before they move and make me realise there&apos;s one on the window sill not 6 inches from my face<br><br>It&apos;s intentional I tell you!

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  @e.s.lavall9219 · 2 years ago

  I &nbsp;cannot overstate how much I missed Travis and his excellent deep dives into spider species. ❤

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  @Nathan_Lang · 2 years ago

  Maybe Darwin Vest was killed by a hobo spider to silence him. Big Hobo didn&apos;t want word getting out that their venom is lethal

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• BR

  @brobasticbroham446 · 2 years ago

  &quot;Giant&quot; &quot;house&quot; and &quot;spider&quot; is the most horrifying name of any animal

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• SA

  @sampattinson5744 · 2 years ago

  i love spiders so much and it&apos;s really refreshing seeing someone use actual scientific sources to talk about them instead of fearmongering, thank you!

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  @chongli297 · 2 years ago

  I think the case of Darwin Vest tells us that it&apos;s much more rational to fear people than spiders! Excellent work, Travis!

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  @puttiplush · 2 years ago

  Also, the fighting Jojo Scientists segment made me smile so wide. <br>&quot;I tell you there is only one Eratogena! &nbsp;Only One Eraeraeraeraeraeraera!!&quot; <br>&quot;No, you fool, the crossbreeding has fooled you. &nbsp;There are three Eratogena apart from Agrestis, wryyyyyyyystis!&quot;

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  @roxyamused · 2 years ago

  I&apos;m from the pnw and have always been afraid of the giant house spider because they were huge and fast, but had found out recently that they&apos;re harmless. I was never really told that the hobo spider was anything to be afraid of. I&apos;ve tried to assuage my arachnophobia &nbsp;by giving them names when I know we&apos;ll be sharing space, and even feed them. The last giant I saw I named Frank, fed them a grain moth. They disappeared for a day or so but when they came back, I actually felt happiness. Perhaps my plan is paying off...

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