Beware the Hobo Spider

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  • September 27, 2008 at 11:26 am #10832
    Moondoggy
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    CAUTION, this post isn’t for the squeamish. Just curious if anyone has had any experience with Hobo Spiders?

    I recently went on a backpacking trip in Montana where I developed what appeared to be a small spider bite or mosquito bite. However, within a few days, the bite developed into a large bump with the the base being about the size of a quarter, and it had a small black scab in the center.

    Over the course of about a week or more, the small black scab developed into a slimy ball of black and white dead skin about the size of the tip of my index finger, which ultimately ended up just falling out, leaving a perfectly empty crater about the size of a marble (think about an infected fish eye that ultimately drops out). The end result looked like a pink fleshy volcano.

    From there, things only got better (so I was led to believe). I took very good care of the “open crater,â€

    September 29, 2008 at 1:23 pm #11835
    TreeFrog
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    sounds like a brown recluse – did you ever figure out the species? I know someone that had a similiar experience from a spider bite at an AT shelter.

    September 30, 2008 at 4:47 pm #11836
    Moondoggy
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    I never figured out the species. As a matter of fact, I can’t even pinpoint the exact time when I got the bite, only when I first noticed it. Apparently, this isn’t uncommon, and as near as I can tell, the only way to accurately determine the species is to catch the assailant in the act.

    The only reason I think it might have been a Hobo spider rather than a Brown Recluse is because they appear to be more prevalent in the northwest United States. However, their bites appear to exhibit the same characteristics.

    The best information I could find was on the following website…

    http://www.hobospider.org/

    April 5, 2009 at 1:01 pm #11837
    sh4d0wm4573ri7
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    I’d venture from experience it sounds like a recluse also , mine was on my wrist and when it erupted I had a pinky finger size hole to the bone .

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