Photo by Dr. Lee Ostrum (http:\/\/www.family-protection.com\/)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nJust how bad is a Hobo Spider bite?\u00a0 Well, there are some conflicting opinions to the severity of this spiders bite.\u00a0 From what I can tell though, it appears as though they may cause lesions on the skin.\u00a0 In fact, some scientists figure that a large number of spider bites thought to be a result of the Brown Recluse Spider (I am sure you have seen those nasty e-mails showing the ugly results of this spider bite) was actually caused by the Hobo Spider.\u00a0 A few other symptoms of Hobo Spider bites include intense headaches, vision problems and just a general sick feeling.<\/p>\n
Luckily, the Hobo Spider doesn’t appear to be very aggressive and will only bite if they feel that their life or the survival of their egg sac is in jeopardy.\u00a0 Even then, many scientists believe they don’t inject their venom 100% of the time.\u00a0 Personally, I wouldn’t take that risk considering the impacts from a tiny spider bite seems to be pretty uncomfortable.\u00a0 So the next time you are walking around the Pacific Northwest, be on the lookout for the Hobo Spider.<\/p>\n
Thanks for reading today’s Wild Fact!\u00a0 See you tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It is the middle of the week and I figured it would be a good time to discuss a dangerous animal.\u00a0 But first, I will be very happy if anyone that isn’t my family member catches “The Littlest Hobo” reference in the title.\u00a0 For the record, today’s dangerous animal has nothing to do with a wandering German Shepard.\u00a0 No Ma’am, today’s animal is a spider found in North America called the Hobo Spider.\u00a0 In case you were wondering the Hobo Spider belongs to a large group of spiders with over 500 members, worldwide. Even though the group they belong to <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4024],"tags":[348,1782,1781,1780,1784,4025,1783],"yoast_head":"\n
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