Joro spider

The publication gives basic biology and description, with images, of the spider's immature and adult forms, along with recommendations for managing them around the home. The Joro spider is a native of Japan and East Asia that was first documented in the United States in 2014 in northeast Georgia. The initial population appeared to be centered around Braselton and Hoschton, GA, along I-85. By 2022, the spiders had spread about 75 miles in all directions from that initial detection. The native…

The black-and-yellow arachnids are making headlines again, but scientists say not to be alarmed.

When Wesley Huffmaster spotted a big, brightly colored and boldly patterned spider near his home in Colbert last fall, he knew it was unusual. Analysis of its physical characteristics and DNA by scientists at the Georgia Museum of Natural History at the University of Georgia have proven him right, confirming the first known occurrence in North America of Nephila clavata, the East Asian Joro spider. Their findings appear in the online open access journal PeerJ.

Six of the giant, brightly colored arachnids were reported to have been sighted in Bucks County, Pennsylvania near Philadelphia.

A Joro spider, our newly invasive species, Trichonephila clavata, enjoying a fresh, small fly meal. You can still see the fly's red eyes protruding from her mouth.

A SCARY-looking spider that can use its webs ‘to ride the wind’ is set to cover the entire East Coast, some scientists claim. Officially called the Joro spider, many people are referrin…

Discovered in Georgia seven years ago, the Asian spider is settling in.

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