Venomous funnel-web spiders are typically only found in Australia, but another species that builds similar-looking webs can often be found in the United States.

From the innocent daddy longlegs to the harmful brown recluse, here are the most common house spiders, how to identify them, and when to worry about a bite, according to entomologists.

If it feels threatened, the hobo can deliver a painful bite that can cause complications like headache, fatigue, and nausea. Therefore, it is worth knowing you have a giant house spider instead.

Hobo spiders are about 4-5 centimeters in diameter, including their legs, and are brown with multiple chevron marks on top of their bodies. They build funnel-shaped webs.

And the venomous hobo spiders, which do make their home in the Northwest, aren't as common in the urban areas as they used to be. Extension hasn't identified one in a couple of years, he said.

“The hobo spider can inflict a painful bite that results in localized red swelling and some pain, but no necrotic lesion,” Potzler says. Usually, symptoms will get better within 24 hours with ...