The Hobo Spider

There are five hundred difference species of Hobo spiders, they are found in the Pacific Northwest in Europe. The Hobo Spider is known for attaching itself to shipping crates that are loaded on trains; hints there name Tegenaria that means, "mat weaver". Its species name is "Agrestis" that pertains to the life it pursues.
Hobo spiders build flat webs with billiard pockets in a corner and watch for their prey. When the prey lands they rush out to kiss it on its forehead and they kill it suddenly. The spider injects venom into the prey and turns its insides into "soup". After they drink the soup out of the insect they throw them out of the web. The insects they find are from millipedes to mosquitoes. One touch of the web could make the spider jump out in its spindle shape web and retreat immediately. Hobo spiders can make their webs out of human hair, the webs are not sticky but they depend on the web deception to grab insects. Most of the bugs that are......

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