These are the only cases in which it may bite. It’s important to remember that spiders would rather run away than bite. It can be difficult to identify a hobo spider simply by the way it looks.

Related: Spider Bite Pictures: Appearance and Emergency Signs Only two spiders in North America ... Native to Europe, hobo spiders were introduced to the Pacific Northwest in the 1930s.

While definitely unpleasant, spider bites usually heal within about a week (other than brown recluse and hobo spider bites ... are tough to identify as well. Only female black widows have the ...

Only two people have had proven hobo spider bites. One person developed a necrotic wound, but she had a medical condition that could have also caused the wound. The other person had pain ...

At the outset of the study, the researchers had wanted to look at a series of cases of hobo spider bites. But over the three-year period, the researchers found only one such report. And while this ...

Rob Hendrickson, a physician and director of the Oregon Poison Control Center, said the hobo is a non-aggressive spider that bites only when cornered. For example, when someone puts on a shoe with ...

Hobo spiders were introduced to the US from Europe in the early 1900s. They are primarily found in the Pacific Northwest, including Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Utah. Their name comes from the ...

there's been only one confirmed bite in the medical literature, Vetter said. "The jury is still out over whether the hobo spider causes skin lesions," he said. "If these things were really causing ...

While definitely unpleasant, spider bites usually heal within about a week (other than brown recluse and hobo spider bites ... are tough to identify as well. Only female black widows have the ...

When a spider bites, it may leave two marks on the skin. Some spider bites can produce severe symptoms, but very few are life threatening, and most spiders cannot bite humans. In this article ...

At the outset of the study, the researchers had wanted to look at a series of cases of hobo spider bites. But over the three-year period, the researchers found only one such report. And while this ...

January 1988: A 56-year-old woman from Spokane, Washington, feels something bite her ... Since each spider produced only a minuscule amount, the researchers had to milk a great many to obtain a ...