Species Eratigena agrestis - Hobo Spider - Eratigena agrestis

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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Funnel Weavers (Agelenidae) » Ageleninae » Eratigena » Hobo Spider (Eratigena agrestis)

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Copyright © 2014 S. Wagner

Species Eratigena agrestis - Hobo Spider - Eratigena agrestis -

Centennial, Arapahoe County, Colorado, USA
August 24, 2014
Size: ?? Pics in Solo cup.

IN THIS IMAGE, annotations with "your spider" refers to my kid who found the spider in our house.

Notes on ID:
1. Legs show no distinct rings/dark bands.
2. Legs have short/widely spaced hairs.
3. Two large palps (male).
4. Eight (8) eyes arranged in two nearly straight rows.
5. Distinctive yellow pattern on abdomen.

In this image, insets with yellow arrows are of my kid's spider (either zooms of this image or other images of her spider). The other insets were added as reference from websites on ID'ing hobo spiders.

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Species Eratigena agrestis - Hobo Spider - Eratigena agrestis - male

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Contributed by S. Wagner on 24 August, 2014 - 12:23pm

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