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As far as invasive species go, the brightly-colored and shy Joro spiders are not so bad. Learn more about them here.
A Joro spider is its web in Georgia. (AP/Alex Sanz) (ASSOCIATED PRESS) It was the summer of the cicada — but now, Joro spiders may be swooping in to claim their spot in the headlines.
Trigger warning: We are talking about spiders ahead. Now that you’ve been warned, these huge, yellow, blue-black and red Joro spiders are all over Georgia, spinning webs up to 10 feet wide.
How quickly venomous flying spiders are invading the U.S. From 2014 to 2022, Joro spiders spread between 50 and 80 miles from the location where they were originally spotted. At around 10 miles ...
According to iNaturalist.org, Joro spiders reside primarily in Georgia but have migrated to neighboring states. They've been spotted in South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee, and sightings ...
Trichonephila clavata, also known as the Joro-spider (ジョロウグモ, Jorō-gumo), is a spider in the Trichonephila genus. Native to East Asia, it is found throughout China, Japan (except Hokkaidō), Korea, and Taiwan, and has been spreading across North America since the 2010s. It rarely bites humans, and its venom is not deadly.
Female Joro spiders are brightly-colored and its adult body can be more than an inch-long with a four-inch leg span. Male Joro spiders are brown, and grow to about a quarter of an inch.
The joro was first confirmed in Georgia back in 2014, according to National Geographic. Recent studies have shown the spider is adapting well to an unexpected environment.