hobo spider? need identification.

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maladjusted Encinitas, CA Oct 05, 2010

Confused if this is a giant house spider, hobo spider, or some other species. Found this sucker on my floor around 3-4 am.

note: I live in cali so I am aware a hobo spider is very rare. However last year I did some traveling and shipped some boxes so maybe it tagged along.

Here is some extra pics of the front and back.

http://www4.picturepush.com/photo/a/4307807/640/flyer/sp4DSCN4202.jpg

http://www3.picturepush.com/photo/a/4307806/640/flyer/sp3DSCN4201.jpg

http://www2.picturepush.com/photo/a/4307805/640/flyer/sp2DSCN4198.jpg

http://www5.picturepush.com/photo/a/4307803/640/flyer/sp1DSCN4197.jpg

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DonnaB Vancleave, MS(Zone 8b) Oct 05, 2010

does this help??
http://www.termite.com/spider-identification.html

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maladjusted Encinitas, CA Oct 05, 2010

Hi Donna,

Thanks for the link. I actually had been looking at that site recently, and I still can't figure it out. I found this good PDF format article with close up views or a hobo spider, but I'm just not skilled enough in this area. There are many different spiders that look alike, however, they all look the same to me!

Hopefully someone can figure it out

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CritterZone_com Shawnee Mission, KS Oct 06, 2010

Here's a very good Hobo Spider, Tegenaria agrestis reference pic
http://bugguide.net/node/view/37285

Giant House Spider, Tegenaria gigantea
http://bugguide.net/node/view/385981

Barn Funnel Weaver, Tegenaria domestica
http://bugguide.net/node/view/138365

and different Funnel Web Spider in the same genus, Tegenaria
http://bugguide.net/node/view/252324/bgimage

Last, you can try to match up the eye pattern here - Spider Eye Arrangement Page
http://bugguide.net/node/view/84423

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Oct 13, 2010

This spider does not appear to be in the family Agelenidae, let alone a Tegenaria sp. You might try scrolling through the images at http://tinyurl.com/cjcxds

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