# Hobo Spiders in my Apartment **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 17, 2014, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobo-spiders-in-my-apartment/695776 "2014-08-17T20:55:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PorchePine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@PorchePine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PorchePine)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobo-spiders-in-my-apartment/695776/1 "2014-08-17T20:55:52Z")
I seem to be infested with the dreaded and much feared Hobo Spider (_spiderus horriblus_). After reading many articles about them written by actual experts, and not just things from my inbox and the ten o’clock “news”, they’re not as bad as I first thought. This doesn’t mean it’s not fricken scary to see one run across your carpet while watching TV and enjoying a beverage of a refreshing nature. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobo-spiders-in-my-apartment/695776/2 "2014-08-17T21:16:53Z")
I live in black widow country. A flamethrower is highly recommended. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobo-spiders-in-my-apartment/695776/3 "2014-08-17T21:21:24Z")
That’s awfully nice of you to give a spider a beverage and let it watch TV. Where does it stow its bindle? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![PorchePine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@PorchePine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PorchePine)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobo-spiders-in-my-apartment/695776/4 "2014-08-17T21:25:59Z")
> [@Lancia](#): > > I live in black widow country. > > A flamethrower is highly recommended. Black widows in my area, too. But they don’t run around scaring the pee out of you. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobo-spiders-in-my-apartment/695776/5 "2014-08-17T23:59:36Z")
Ok, I have been doing some research since the other night, when I saw the HUGEST SPIDER EVER come out of my bedroom and I went full-on freak-out mode. Apparently, no spiders live in Antarctica. I can swing by and pick you up on my way there. Let me know. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobo-spiders-in-my-apartment/695776/6 "2014-08-18T01:59:48Z")
We have a spider that builds a web every night from the corner of the front porch to the nearest tree branch. And every morning when I go out to get the paper, I walk right through it. Ugh! ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobo-spiders-in-my-apartment/695776/7 "2014-08-18T03:39:03Z")
Ugh not learn very fast. Ugh make tribe laugh good though. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobo-spiders-in-my-apartment/695776/8 "2014-08-18T04:45:43Z")
I’ve got Black Widows and these fuckers running around! They are about the size of an Eisenhower silver dollar. [wolf spider - Bing images](http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=wolf+spider&FORM=HDRSC2) I hates em. I kills em. ---
**Author:** ![PorchePine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@PorchePine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PorchePine)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobo-spiders-in-my-apartment/695776/9 "2014-08-18T04:49:57Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Ok, I have been doing some research since the other night, when I saw the HUGEST SPIDER EVER come out of my bedroom and I went full-on freak-out mode. > > Apparently, no spiders live in Antarctica. I can swing by and pick you up on my way there. Let me know. Sounds like a solid plan.