Alias: Hobo spider. It makes a funnel-like web out of spider silk, which it uses to ambush its prey. August through October is mating season for hobos and they lay their eggs in the fall, which will ...

They seem like an unavoidable evil: large Hobo Spiders accumulating in sticky traps in your basement or bathroom. Dr. Joseph Cornell teaches entomology at Idaho State University. He says you're ...