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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.
As far as invasive species go, the brightly-colored and shy Joro spiders are not so bad. Learn more about them here.
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 spider is an introduced species in northeast Georgia and northwest/upstate South Carolina, in the United States. They were first spotted in Hoschton, Georgia, in 2013. Since then, they have been seen in numerous locations in northeast Georgia, including the Athens area and also in Greenville, South Carolina.
Since initially being sighted in Georgia in 2013 and 2014, the Jorō spiders' population in the state and other regions of the Southeast has expanded. ... Joro spiders reside primarily in Georgia ...
As of 2022, the Joro spider's range in the U.S. is around 120,000 kilometers, spread across Georgia, South Carolina, North, Carolina and Tennessee, with reports of the spider in Alabama, Maryland ...
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. This giant yellow, blue-black and red spider is called ...
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.