The Hobo Spider/ Aggressive House Spider (Tegenaria agrestis)

From Europe, the Hobo Spider is increasingly common in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.  This male has a 2.5+ inch legspan!  I caught "A LOT" of them around my house in the summer of 2002, and was running out of containers, so I had to use this somehow-appropriate Halloween container from a dusty shelf.  Females are MUCH larger, don't have the enlarged pedipalps, and have much thicker abdomens.  I did get a secondary lymph system infection (bacterial) which was VERY serious, potentially.  A course of antibiotics cured the infection both times.

Male...

Juvenile Female

My 2nd bite while sleeping...this time, on my neck.  Note red meandering red line indicating secondary bacterial infection of my lymph system.

Elapsed time: 20 hrs.

(Actual Size)