Tegenaria agrestis (Walckenaer, 1802)
hobo spider
| FAMILY: AGELENIDAE C. L. Koch, 1837 Genus: Tegenaria Latreille, 1804 Species: Tegenaria agrestis (Walckenaer, 1802) ![]() |
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Common Names
Family Common Name:
funnel weavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
hobo spider
Point Collections & Seasonality
Global Distribution: Europe to Central Asia, USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces:
BC CO ID MT UT WA
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Seasonality
Specimen Search
Specimen list |
Natural History & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:† sheet web builders
†Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280. PDF
Habitat (published): (not yet published or unknown)
Habitat (<30 randomly chosen specimens): Coastal Mixed cloesd Forest (edge); Yard; Garry Oak open meadow; Riparian, Mixed cloesd Forest;
Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)
Image(s) of Habitus:

Details About Males
Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)
| Male Dimensions: (Dimensions not yet available) |
Image of External Male Genitalia: |
Details About Females
Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)
| Female Dimensions: (Dimensions not yet available) |
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Synonyms and Chresonyms‡
Becker, L. 1896. Les arachnides de Belgique. Ann. Mus. Roy. Hist. nat. Belg. 12: 1-3788.
Brignoli, P. M. 1971. Contributo alla conoscenza degli Agelenidae italiani (Araneae). Fragm. ent. 8: 57-142.
Dahl, M. 1931. Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea. Agelenidae. In Die Tierwelt Deutschlands. Jena, 24: 1-46.
Drensky, P. 1942. Die Spinnenfauna Bulgariens V. Mitt. kgl. Naturw. Inst. Sofia 15: 33-60.
Exline, H. 1951. Tegenaria agrestis (Walck.), a European spider introduced into Washington State. Ann. ent. Soc. Amer. 44: 308-310.
Exline, H. 1938. The Araneida of Washington: Agelenidae and Hahniidae. Univ. Wash. Publ. Biol. 9(1): 1-44.
Exline, H. 1936. New and little known species of Tegenaria (Araneida: Agelenidae). Psyche 43: 21-26. 
Grothendieck, K. & O. Kraus. 1994. Die Wasserspinne Argyroneta aquatica: Verwandtschaft und Spezialisation (Arachnida, Araneae, Agelenidae). Verh. naturwiss. Ver. Hamburg (N.F.) 34: 259-273.
Heimer, S. & W. Nentwig. 1991. Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp.
Hull, J. E. 1950. Concerning British spiders: mostly taken in 1949. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (12) 3: 420-427.
Karsch, F. 1873. Verzeichniss westfälischer Spinnen (Araneiden). Verh. naturh. Ver. preuss. Rhein. Westfäl. 10: 113-160.
Kulczynski, W. 1887. Przyczynek do tyrolskiej fauny pajeczakow. Rozprav. spraw. wydz. mat. przyrod. Akad. umiej. Krakowie 16: 245-356 (+ Anhang, pp. 1-12).
Locket, G. H. & A. F. Millidge. 1953. British spiders. Ray Society, London, 2: 1-449.
Loksa, I. 1969. Araneae I. Fauna Hungariae 97: 1-133.
Mcheidze, T. S. 1997. [Spiders of Georgia: Systematics, Ecology, Zoogeographic Review]. Tbilisi Univ., 390 pp. (in Georgian).
Miller, F. 1971. Pavouci-Araneida. Klíc zvíreny CSSR 4: 51-306.
Müller, F. & E. Schenkel. 1895. Verzeichnis der Spinnen von Basel und Umgebegend. Verh. naturf. Ges. Basel 10: 691-824.
Roberts, M. J. 1998. Spinnengids. Tirion, Baarn, Netherlands, 397 pp.
Roberts, M. J. 1995. Collins Field Guide: Spiders of Britain & Northern Europe. HarperCollins, London, 383 pp.
Roberts, M. J. 1985. The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1: Atypidae to Theridiosomatidae. Harley Books, Colchester, England.
Roth, V. D. 1968. The spider genus Tegenaria in the Western Hemisphere (Agelenidae). Am. Mus. Novit. 2323: 1-33. 
Simon, E. 1937. Les arachnides de France. Tome VI. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espèces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae; 5e et derniére partie. Paris, 6: 979-1298.
Thaler, K. 1987. Drei bemerkenswerte Grossspinnen der Ostalpen (Arachnida, Aranei: Agelenidae, Thomisidae, Salticidae). Mitt. schweiz. ent. Ges. 60: 391-401.
Thorell, T. 1875. Diagnoses Aranearum Europaearum aliquot novarum. Tijdschr. Ent. 18: 81-108.
Thorell, T. 1875. Descriptions of several European and North African spiders. Kongl. Svenska. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 13(5): 1-203.
Walckenaer, C. A. 1842. Histoire naturelle des Insects. Aptères. Paris, 2: 1-549.
Walckenaer, C. A. 1802. Faune parisienne. Insectes. ou Histoire abrégée des insectes de environs de Paris. Paris 2: 187-250.
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog





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