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On kitchen counter, 2 ft from sink, McCall, Idaho - Caught in jar and placed in freezer to kill it. There are a number of spiders living in our house. I find them mostly along the edges of the ceiling. They didn't bother me too much until I was bitten between my fingers while sleeping. For several days afterward I got occasional shooting nerve pains about 4 inches down the back of my hand from the site of the fanged bite. I don't know if it was this type of spider, but have decided to catch and try to ID what I can. This possibly looks like a hobo spider to me, Eratigena Agrestis?
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- Submitted: Mar 25, 2026
- Photographed: Mar 25, 2026
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: McCall, ID, Idaho, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
When it comes to spiders biting sleeping humans, there is a 99.99% probablity the injury is not spider related.
Yor spider does look like a hobo spider, so to clear the air, they are harmless and shouldn’t be implicated with bites. There is so much mis information about hobo spiders, you really need the input from bonafied arachnologists. The late Amanda Howe posted a couple videos about hobo spiders and her links are cretified.
Handling a Hobo Spider (Eratigena agrestis, family Agelenidae)
Thanks for your comments. The “wound” never became necrotic–just two small red dots close to each other, one brighter and more obvious (deeper?) than the other. Something bit me and woke me up! I have no idea if this spider (probably hobo? and all the ones I’ve found look like this) was the culprit, but something bit me! It’s been about two weeks now and for several days there was periodic zinging pain down my hand starting from the bite. The area’s now slightly itchy but not troubling and only one red dot remains. As I said spiders never bothered… Read more »
I am not a medical doctor, but I have been bitten by a few spiders and also studied bytes and venom toxicology at Washington state. Clue 1 this is not spider related, Except for large spiders like tarantulas, you cannot see fang marks and then only briefly. Some skin infections may resemble bytes or multiple bytes from insects. In my case, the initial byte does sting a bit. A small itchy red spot was the result and that was completely healed in several hours. One hobo spider I caught, I tried to get her to byte me, just to feel… Read more »