Key Identification Features
- It resembles Allagelena bistriata in appearance, but can be told apart by several distinct features: the structure of its patella, and the shape of its retrolateral tibial apophysis.
- Hobo spiders do not have two distinct longitudinal dark stripes on the top of the cephalothorax; instead, they show indistinct or diffused patterns.
- In Washington state, spiders with distinct dark stripes include species from the genera Agelenopsis and Hololena, and possibly some wolf spiders.
- Their base body color is yellowish, with a distinct characteristic pattern on the upper surface of the abdomen.
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