Northeast Hobo?

Watertown, MA

Hi, I am attaching a stock photo of a male Hobo spider. I can post my blurry picture of him captured in a plastic container before I released him, but it probably won't help you. I chose this picture because the body shape, leg proportions, brown color, and the dominant pedipalps. I have never seen spiders with such large pedipalps before in my area (near Boston, MA).
Since the Hobo is found in the Northwest, what other spiders should I be looking at? This spider had a body about .75 inches and leg span of about 1.5 inches. He jumped up and down aggressively when I moved him in the container.

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Sinks Grove, WV

Given your geographic area, it is extremely unlikely that you would have a hobo spider (Tegenaria agrestis). However, other species in the genus Tegenaria could occur there. See http://tinyurl.com/cmphed for detailed information on how to distinguish hobo spiders from similar appearing species.

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