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title: "Hobo Spider"
description: "Eratigena agrestis — Insetti e ragni. The hobo spider (Eratigena agrestis, formerly Tegenaria agrestis) is a member of the family of spiders known colloquially as funnel web spiders, but not to be confused with the Australian funnel-web spider."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/hobo-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Hobo Spider

> Eratigena agrestis — Insetti e ragni. The hobo spider (Eratigena agrestis, formerly Tegenaria agrestis) is a member of the family of spiders known colloquially as funnel web spiders, but not to be confused with the Australian funnel-web spider.

- Scientific name: *Eratigena agrestis*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `urban` (Città e giardini)
- iNaturalist observations: 4462
- Wikidata: [Q27501462](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27501462)
- iNaturalist taxon: [454859](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/454859)

## Names

- en: Hobo Spider
- de: Feldwinkelspinne
- fr: Tégénaire des champs
- nl: Veldtrechterspin

## Countries with the most observations

US (1698), CA (413), PL (60), DK (57), DE (53), FR (51), GB (29), RU (24), KZ (16), BG (15), UA (15), RO (10)

## Summary

The hobo spider (Eratigena agrestis, formerly Tegenaria agrestis) is a member of the family of spiders known colloquially as funnel web spiders, but not to be confused with the Australian funnel-web spider. Individuals construct a funnel-shaped structure of silk sheeting and lie in wait at the small end of the funnel for prey insects to blunder onto their webs. Hobo spiders sometimes build their webs in or around human habitations. Despite past claims, there is no clear evidence that the hobo spider has venom that is dangerous to humans.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobo_spider

## Photo

![Hobo Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/hobo-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Steve Wells · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3825983

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/hobo-spider?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).